China’s workers have emerged over the last few years as a strong, unified and increasingly active collective force. Workers have time and again demonstrated the will and the ability to stand up to abusive and arrogant managements and to demand better pay and working...

Dr. John Cho and Dr. Marc de Perrot have teamed up to pioneer a new technique that has more than doubled survival rates in mesothelioma patients.Like many people who were exposed to asbestos, it took more than 20 years before former Ontario Hydro mechanic Man Hong...

ALWAR/JAIPUR: In the past 12 days since an anti-mining campaign was launched, joint teams of various departments have lodged over 150 FIRs and arrested 57 people in connection with illegal mining in the state. The officials claim this data show the drive has been...

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has issued notices to 11 thermal and lignite-based power stations in the state seeking to know what measures had been taken by the units for the health of their employees. The high court issued the notices after the Supreme Court last...

International Conference on Monitoring and Surveillance of Asbestos-Related Diseases 11.–13.2.2014 Hanasaari Cultural Center, Espoo, Finland Globally, asbestos-induced diseases cause 100 000 deaths annually; in Finland the figure is 100. New use of asbestos is banned...