by admin | Aug 23, 2016 | News
The state government announced Rs 1 lakh relief for every worker, but has failed to penalise employers. Paras Rawat first worked in the sandstone mines when he was 10. He helped his father Dev Karan drill and turn the grey-brown sandstone into slabs of 2×10...
by admin | Aug 20, 2016 | News
While the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) had called for the elimination of asbestos in 2005 and 2006 respectively, the message finally reached authorities in Bihar with the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB)...
by admin | Aug 20, 2016 | News
JAIPUR: Bhagwati Mathur, a housewife in Vaishali Nagar, Ajmer, was diagnosed in December, 2012 as suffering from mesothelioma – a lung cancer caused by inhalation of particles found in asbestos mines. Not only mine workers, even others living in the vicinity of...
by admin | Aug 20, 2016 | News
NEW DELHI: Waking up to the hazards of asbestos use that puts millions of workers at risk of contracting cancer, the government has said its use must end and the Centre will ask scientists to look for alternatives. “Since the use of asbestos is affecting human...
by admin | Aug 11, 2016 | News
जिले में कई सिलिकोसिस मरीज गंवा चुके हैं जान जिले में तेजी से फैल रही सिलिकोसिस, अब जागा शासन रायगढ़ । शमशाद अहमद जिले में सिलिकोसिस से कई जान जाने के बाद अंततः प्रदेश सरकार जागी और पीड़ितों के लिए आर्थिक सहायता व पुनर्वास योजना को अमलीजामा पहनाया। अब सिलिकोसिस बीमारी...
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