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Silicosis a Rare but Potentially Harmful Disease

KENTUCKY (10/27/16) — In recent decades, much has been done to improve workplace safety. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration instituted one such effort by requiring protective equipment to be used in the workplace. That resolution aimed to limit silica...
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Give us Rs 4 lakh while alive: Silicosis patients

JAIPUR: A group of silicosis patients will sit on indefinite dharna outside the office of the Jodhpur district collector from Friday. The patients are seeking that the government release compensation money in time, since they suffer a disease that cannot be cured....
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Jodhpur silicosis patients assured compensation in 10 days

JAIPUR: Patients with silicosis, whose compensation money had still not been released, on Friday met district collector Bishnu Mallick of Jodhpur. "We had decided to sit on an indefinite dharna, but the collector assured us today that the money would be released in a...
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43 silicosis patients to get compensation soon

JAIPUR: Silicosis patients were accompanied by social activists as they met district collector Tina Kumar at Badnor panchayat in Bhilwara district on Friday. Earlier, 103 people who had received certificates from the Pneumoconiosis Board showing that they had...
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सिलिकोसिस की जांच के लिए सक्रिय हुआ महकमा

सिलिकोसिस को लेकर स्वास्थ्य महकमा अब नींद से जागते हुए प्रभावित ग्रामीण क्षेत्रों में स्वास्थ्य शिविर लगाकर स्वास्थ्य कैम्प लगाने की रणनीति तैयार की गई है। समाचार प्रकाशित करने के बाद मेडिकल कॉलेज डीन की उपस्थिति में स्वास्थ्य महकमा की गत दिवस एक बैठक आहूत कर प्रभावित...
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सिलिकोसिस पीड़ितों को 3-3 लाख की सहायता

by | May 6, 2015 | News | 0 Comments

मध्य प्रदेश के पन्ना ज़िले मे पत्थर खदान मे काम करने वाले मजदूरों को सिलिकोसिस नामक गंभीर बीमारी हो गयी थी। जिसके चलते कई मजदूरों की जान चली गयी थी। इन मजदूरों को मुआवज़ा दिलाने के लिए काफी लंबे समय से संघर्ष चल रहा था। यह मामला राष्ट्रिय मानवाधिकार आयोग के समक्ष जाने...

Silicosis claims 25 lives in 2014 at Khambhat, highest since 2009

by | May 3, 2015 | News | 0 Comments

VADODARA: International Workers Memorial Day was observed recently at Khambhat in Anand district. During the event, death of 25 agate workers who died in 2014 was mourned by the community. This is the highest number of deaths recorded since 2009 due to silicosis....

NGOS SEEK BAN – Asbestos link to over 100 cancer cases detected

by | May 3, 2015 | News | 0 Comments

As many as 108 workers are battling lung cancer at the city-based Gujarat Cancer Research Institute because they were constantly exposed to the deadly asbestos dust. This is the sordid story of how a substance banned by almost every major country in the world is still...

List Chrysotile Asbestos in PIC List Ban Asbestos NOW!

by | May 2, 2015 | News | 0 Comments

Release Date - 30 April, 2015 Victims and Activists urge the Indian Government to Ban all forms of asbestos and allow listing of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous substance at an upcoming UN meeting In a press conference held today, Victims of Asbestos related...