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. …
This report highlights serious labour rights and human rights violations faced by girls and young women employed in the Tamil Nadu spinning industry in South India, which is a major hub in the global knitwear sector, supplying some of the big name clothing brands including C&A;, HanesBrands, Mothercare and Primark. …
The Supreme Court has ruled for the first time ever that compensation for health issues related to asbestos poisoning is the responsibility of the Japanese government In the landmark ruling, the top court ruled that the state is liable for all damages related to asbestos-related health issues incurred by construction …
HIRONO, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – Almost a year after Japan pledged to double hazard pay at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, workers are still in the dark about how much extra they are getting paid — if anything — for cleaning up the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Under …
The quality of outdoor and indoor air, safety of food and drinking water, houses, waste management, sewerage and occupational health in the emirate will be first studied. The environmental health status of Dubai is set to improve with the emirate’s civic body launching a project to analyse and augment eight …
Pesticide exposure may be positively associated with depression. Few previous studies have considered the episodic nature of depression or examined individual pesticides. The researchers evaluated associations between pesticide exposure and depression among male private pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study.
The 52nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), in response to a call for action of the Minister of Health of El Salvador, recognized chronic kidney disease from nontraditional causes (CKDnT) affecting agricultural communities in Central America as a serious public health problem that requires urgent, effective, …
On Tuesday, Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link released a study identifying 16 pollution ‘hotspots’ in the city, where pollution — through illegal waste disposal, segregation, severe soil, water and air contamination — is proving to be fatal for residents. In a first-of-its-kind study, the NGO covered 51 industrial clusters and identified …
Snakebite is a common occupational health hazard among Sri Lankan agricultural workers, particularly in the North Central Province and a recent study has found that venomous snake bites, particularly viper bites have frequently led to kidney failure among the farmers in these areas. A study conducted by researchers at the …
A Bill further to amend the Factories Act, 1948. This Act may be called the Factories (Amendment) Act, 2014. It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Kalyan Bansingh & Others Vs HIL Ltd. & Others regarding health effects suffered by the Applicant from asbestos as a result of having worked in the mine in Village Roro Hills West Singhbhum.
The Obama administration's push to reduce black lung disease by limiting coal dust in mines will begin to take effect on Friday. The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration coal dust rule will be phased in, with requirements including increased dust sampling in mines and citations when …
An underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico that leaked radiation in February was cited by federal mine safety inspectors for dozens of workplace violations, almost all of which have been remedied, officials said Monday. Operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in the southeastern New Mexico desert have been …
Three years have passed since Deepak Nepali (Darji), 35, of Dhulabari, Mechinagar 1, was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB). A carpenter by profession, Deepak took the medications prescribed by doctors until he felt better and thought he no longer needed to take full course of the medicine. But soon after discontinuing …
China reported 23,152 new pneumoconiosis cases throughout the country in 2013, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the country's occupational diseases, China News Service reported. The number of new pneumoconiosis cases was 1,054 less than recorded in 2012, thanks to government efforts to prevent and treat occupational diseases, according to …
Two coalminers died when poisonous gas accumulated in a mine in Dukkai area of Loralai district on Monday. According to Levies, the miners were working deep in the coalmine when they fell unconscious. Rescue teams brought them out of the mine but they had died by then. “Methane was found …
Gas leakage from blast furnace-GCP occurred at around 6.30 PM due to breakdown in a water pump. In the biggest industrial accident in recent years, at least six employees of Bhilai Steel Plant were killed and over 30 injured after a gas leak on Thursday night. The victims included two …
The National Green Tribunal refused to revoke its interim order banning illegal, unregulated and indiscriminate rat-hole mining in Meghalaya. Read text of this order issued on 9 June 2014 by NGT’s special circuit bench, Eastern zone, comprising Justice (retd) Swatanter Kumar and Ranjan Chatterjee related content Workshop: CSE workshop on …
The association between pesticide use and an increased suicide risk is a controversial issue. Previous studies have shown higher rates of suicide among agricultural workers and people living in small municipalities, but have not identified the causes of these results. Crude suicide rates of a 15-year time series (1996–2010) were …
JAIPUR: Call it a mere coincidence or another feather in the state's cap, but Rajasthan, one of the states plagued most by mining, has quietly thrown up a unique model to compensate mine workers afflicted with silicosis and other life threatening diseases. This comes at a time when most states …
Levis Strauss CEO Chip Bergh has revealed plans by the denim maker to explore whether its customers will pay a premium for more sustainable jeans, calling his brand the 'ultimate in slow fashion'. Speaking yesterday at Fortune Magazine's Brainstorm Green conference in California, Bergh said the company built its clothing …
