NHRC raps Mamata govt on silicosis rehabilitation
At least 250 people from Minakhan block in Sunderbans contracted the disease when they left home to work as labourers in stone and mineral …
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
Is it all grey?
NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge
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