A deep breath of fatal dust

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

How many people die of silicosis in Indian mines?

One of the worst health hazards that miners engaged in stone quarrying, crushing, quartz mining, glass and ceramic manufacturing face is dust …

In Court

It's about silicosis

It's also about not compensating suffering mineworkers

SC orders compensation for silicosis patients

Migrant workers contracted the disease while working in quartz-crushing factories

Last gasps

WAIT UNTIL DEATH Perspectives Audio Visuals Bengali S-VHS/Umatic 55 mins (English subtitles) Supriya Sen, Samit Basu-Mallik, Tathagatha Banerjee, …

Rajasthan belatedly wakes up to health crisis among mine workers

But there is no credible data available on the number of people suffering from silicosis, an incurable disease

In court

Jharkhand plagued by silicosis

States neglecting silicosis: NHRC

Human rights commission calls for collective efforts to provide healthcare, compensation to victims and kin

NHRC raps states for denying silicosis deaths

Issues show-cause notices to Jharkhand and Delhi for payment of monetary relief

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Is it all grey?

NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge