Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday ordered that mine owners too be made party to the petition relating to making provisions for workers and those suffering with silicosis. Observing that orders were not being implemented, it said that a survey of mines...

On 18 and 19 May 2016, Bonn, Germany hosted the WHO international meeting on the economic health costs and impacts that the past and present use of asbestos has on society. Participants were representatives of 13 countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and...

Tracking patients suffering from silicosis over the last four years in Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur, Jhabua and Dhar, a state-based non-government organization (NGO) has said in a new report that a total of 589 people have died in 105 villages of the three districts...

Jaipur: Shravan Lal Saini of Dausa district was among those who had arrived in the state capital on Monday for a public hearing on the problems faced by the silicosis afflicted people chaired by Prakash Tatia, chief of the state human rights commission. Saini said he...

(CNN)It was long believed that you could acquire "better living through chemistry." But that may really not be the case. In a landmark alliance, known as Project TENDR, leaders of various disciplines have come together in a consensus statement to say that many of the...