"Whistleblowing is bound to increase"

Joyce Rothschild, professor of sociology, School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and  State University, …

Knocking strange doors

The study of sleep patterns in environments as wierd as outer space and underwater could be beneficial to public health in general

Hands shackled

Repetitive work done by hands can lead to serious nervous disorders, from numbness in fingers to permanent nerve damage

Occupational disease

Now what's that?

Emasculating chemicals

A deep breath of fatal dust

An incurable lung disease digs the grave for workers employed in sandstone mines and brick and cement factories

Removing the slouches and aches from keyboards

Computer manufacturers have come up with new designs for keyboards that they claim, will help users avoid painful wrists and hunched shoulders.

IN FOCUS

IN FOCUS

Setback for e-workers

Counting out pestilence

The patterns that diseases furrow among large sections of a population provide clues to check epidemics

Stepping into danger

Healthy ruling

Killer farms

Popular imagination may paint a very idyllic picture of life on a farm. But lurking behind this rustic charm lies a dangerous occupation, farming

Contaminated glow

Having no appeal

Polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons retard children's sexual maturation

Waiting for the toll?

Asbestos mortality data makes Japan go for total ban by 2008

SOUTH AFRICA

Steelborn

Thousands suffer in India's ship-breaking yards while an unconcerned government invites more ships for scrapping

Finally

Final product norms on soft drinks as a distinct category

Painstakingly sinful

US EPA hell bent on human trials for pesticides

Deafening gas

Carbon monoxide exposure increases hearing loss

The Radium Girls

Nursing trouble

Risky take-off