by admin | Mar 28, 2015 | News
MEDIA RELEASE: March 23, 2015 Dozens of prestigious scientific organizations and scientists from around the world have issued a Statement calling on the Government of India to withdraw a discredited scientific study on chrysotile (white) asbestos and to stop blocking...
by admin | Mar 5, 2015 | News
By Our Representative The labour and employment department, Government of Gujarat, in a letter to Vadodara-based NGO People’s Training and Research Centre (PTRC), has refused to give in the demand that musculoskeletal diseases (MSD) and the diseases caused due to...
by admin | Jan 28, 2015 | News
by Laurie Kazan-Allen The Italian Prosecutor at the center of the historic criminal prosecutions of former asbestos businessmen for the deaths of thousands of Italian citizens (see: Postscript to the Great Asbestos Trial) is now investigating reports of asbestos...
by admin | Jan 18, 2015 | News
Little Safety Backup For Private Linemen It’s a job for men who have no other option. For starters, the pay is pathetic: Rs 5,000-odd a month, and one can be on call 24×7. Besides, who would want to climb a pole, often with no protection, and try fix...
by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | News
जानलेवा बीमारी सिलिकोसिस की न तो जिले में उपचार की कोई व्यवस्था है और न ही जांच की। गाजियाबाद में स्वास्थ्य विभाग बेशक मरीजों को कितना ही बेहतर उपचार देने के दावे करे, लेकिन इस रोग के उपचार की यहां कोई व्यवस्था नहीं है। हाल ही में शासन ने मुख्य चिकित्साधिकारी से...
by admin | Jan 8, 2015 | News
LONDON: Rotating night shift work can be hazardous to your health. Scientists have confirmed an increase in cardiovascular disease and lung cancer mortality observed in nurses working rotating night shifts. The international team of researchers investigating possible...
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