Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
A draft national occupational safety and health (OSH) policy was proposed at a workshop yesterday to ensure workers' health and safety rights and decent workplace environment in the country. The proposal for the draft policy was placed at the workshop titled 'Occupational safety and health' at Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh …
Bone toxicity has been linked to organochlorine exposure following a few notable poisoning incidents, but epidemiologic studies in populations with environmental organochlorine exposure have yielded inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to investigate whether organochlorine exposure was associated with bone mineral density (BMD) in a population 60
The vast majority of the nearly 2 million miles of paved roads in the United States are surfaced with asphalt pavement, which is made by combining a thick hydrocarbon mixture known as liquid asphalt binder with sand, gravel, or crushed stone ("aggregate"). Each year about 60 million tons of hot-mix …
Pune, August 29 The number of deaths in the industrial units of Pune district till July this year almost equals the total such deaths in the entire previous year. This is because there has been an increase in the numbers of hazardous units that are employing
About 100 kg of gold and silver is being sold in jewellery shops in Tripura every month, according to the Tripura Chamber of Commerce. Traditionally, families in Tripura have had a huge stock of gold because tribal people had been gifted gold by erstwhile kings and during the post-1971 exodus …
This Institute started as "Occupational Health Research Institute' (OHRI) in the year 1966 and was re-christened as "National Institute of Occupational Health' (NIOH) in 1970 presently located in the Eastern part of Ahmedabad. Two Regional Occupational Health Centers (ROHCs) were started at Bangalore in 1977 and at Kolkata in 1980. …
This report provides detailed information on human risk of asbestos exposure and its health effects. Reveals that unorganized units have poor industrial hygiene conditions and recommends preventive measures to reduce the risk of workers exposed to asbestos. This report provides detailed information on human risk of asbestos exposure and its …
M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) a part of the US$ 6 billion Vedanta Resources Plc, a London listed 100 FTSE company. VAL has set up an Alumina Refinery of 1 MMTPA capacity at Lanjigarh, Dist. Kalahandi, Orissa and is proposing for its expansion to 6 MMTPA Alumina production capacity.
PANJIM: Occupational Health Day is commemorated every year on July 9. Inspectorate of Factories & Boilers, Govt of Goa in association with Green Triangle Society an NGO dedicated towards promotion of Occupational Safety, Health and Environment and Rotary Club of Panjim, will celebrate Occupational Health Day by organizing a Seminar …
Objectives are to investigate the effects of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) on the autonomic nervous system of coke oven workers. One hundred eighty-four coke oven workers were divided into 3 groups according to their working sites (coke oven bottom group, coke oven side group and coke oven top group), and 93 referents …
Hundreds of migrant adivasis from Madhya Pradesh have died from acute silicosis (caused by inhaling silica) contracted while working in quartz crushing factories in central Gujarat. Thousands more face the same fate.
faced with increasing scientific evidence of pesticides-induced health disorders, the Punjab government has decided to begin a cancer registry programme. Adding to numerous health studies, two recent reports have revealed the fast-deteriorating public health in the state (See
punjab has finally made cancer-registry compulsory in the state. Despite numerous scientific reports revealing the public health crisis in the state, the government had obstinately resisted any redress mechanism. The recent decision comes in the wake of two new scientific reports. One shows that pesticides are damaging genes of farmers …
The compressor station of GAIL at Hazira won the prestigious 'Golden Peacock Award for Occupational Health and Safety - 2008'. The award was presented to GAIL at the Global Convention on Climate Change in Himachal Pradesh. The recognition is an acknowledgement of GAIL's various initiatives in the field of Occupational …
According to a recent study conducted by experts from the Wellingdon hospital in New Zealand, desk jobs are potentially life threatening, and pose a serious health hazard for employees who work all day hunched on swanky chairs. The findings of the study, published in the Journal of Royal Society of …
This paper looks at how Nike's soccer ball suppliers (previous and current) in Sialkot (Pakistan) fare in relation to the company's code of ethics. While minimum required working conditions are implemented, the criteria for social and environmental compliance are not met with. The multinational's decision to withdraw orders from the …
Nearly half of the workforce in Indian industries, especially in urban areas, is overweight, and 27% suffer from hypertension. These revelations came across in a study conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to gauge workplace health problems. The survey showed that 27% of the workforce suffered from hypertension, 10.1% …
China is expected to be the worst sufferer with an income loss of $558 billion, while Russia and the UK will face a loss of $33 billion each. India is expected to suffer an income loss to the tune of $237 billion between now and 2015 due to the rising …
They had rehearsed the piece only once, but already the musicians at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra felt their ears ringing and heads throbbing. Tests showed that the average noise level in the orchestra during the piece, State of Siege, by the composer Dror Feiler, was 97.4 decibels, a violation …
