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Bihar revokes clearance for asbestos factories
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)...
Mesothelioma patients get no relief from state govt
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 these...
Will look for alternatives to carcinogenic asbestos: Environment Minister
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 health,...
अब सिलिकोसिस पीड़ितों को मिलेगी आर्थिक सहायता
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...
Remembering Shankar Dattaray Jog
by Laurie Kazan-Allen Shankar Dattaray Jog, a former worker at a factory owned by the British asbestos conglomerate Turner & Newall Ltd. in Mumbai, India, died from asbestos cancer on July 19, 2016. Mr. Jog had been employed at the Hindustan Ferodo brake linings...