by admin | Mar 8, 2014 | News
INDORE: Taking an exception to the deaths from silicosis in Panna, the National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC) issued a notice on Thursday to the chief secretary asking him to explain the reasons for not giving relief to the kin of the deceased on time. The state...
by admin | Mar 8, 2014 | News
The death has been announced of Hyung-Sik Choi who lost his battle against the asbestos cancer mesothelioma in Korea earlier this week (March 3, 2014). Since his disease was diagnosed in 2008, Mr. Choi had played an active role in the campaign for asbestos justice and...
by admin | Mar 8, 2014 | News
by Bob Ruers – Member of the Dutch Senate and asbestos victims’ lawyer Klaas Jasperse, a former employee who is suffering from asbestos-related cancer (mesothelioma), has brought a claim against the Dutch State for damages. Mr Jasperse worked in an aluminium...
by admin | Mar 6, 2014 | News
Basudev Bhagat (55) is languishing in a private nursing home — the Singh Nursing Home — in Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. He is yet another silicosis patient staring at death. Silicosis is a condition caused by inhaling too much silica over a long...
by admin | Mar 1, 2014 | News
Findings from the second phase of a pioneering mobile phone call-in project in Cambodia suggest garment and footwear workers are improving their knowledge about labour rights, occupational safety and health, and personal health. The Kamako Chhnoeum (“Outstanding...
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