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Study of plastics workers sheds light on high breast cancer risk

Study of plastics workers sheds light on high breast cancer risk | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Results from a new study by Canadian researchers, including two from Windsor, lend further support to the hypothesis that women working in the automotive...
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Bangladesh Factory Workers Grapple With ANOTHER Travesty

Bangladesh Factory Workers Grapple With ANOTHER Travesty | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Hundreds of employees of a Bangladesh garment factory near the capital fell sick on Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water in their workplace, police and factory officials said."Primarily we suspect the water supply of the Starlight...
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After Bangladesh, Seeking New Sources

After Bangladesh, Seeking New Sources | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
A search for new locations has taken on greater urgency for Western retailers, whose complex manufacturing needs already shrink the pool of potential locations.
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Enough is Enough – Stop these Murders at Workplaces in Asia

Enough is Enough – Stop these Murders at Workplaces in Asia | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
The Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational and Environmental Victims (ANROEV) is deeply saddened and outraged at the recent industrial disasters in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Within a spate of ...
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Bangladesh Plans to Raise Pay for Garment Workers

Bangladesh Plans to Raise Pay for Garment Workers | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
A cabinet minister made the announcement Sunday, after the fatal collapse of a factory building focused international attention on the industry’s dismal pay and hazardous working conditions.
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[Audio] Alternative ways of organizing workers in India « Blog – Asia ...

[Audio] Alternative ways of organizing workers in India « Blog – Asia ... | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
See on Scoop.it – Asian Labour Update Interview with Abhinav Finah, from the workers newspaper “Biggul” in Delhi about organising workers into “neighbourhood unions”, and how India's biggest union BMS is dividing ...
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Psychiatrists report sudden rise in cases of depression among IT workers, Nasscom says all is well

Psychiatrists report sudden rise in cases of depression among IT workers, Nasscom says all is well | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
BANGALORE: More than a few concerns are arising over the mental health of India's 3-million strong IT workforce, even as the industry slashes fresh hiring, demands better and more diverse skills...
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When will the industry body take the warning signs seriously and undertake measures to ensure that the workforce that is driving this fast growth remains healthy. It is likely that the country with such a large young popultaion will witness large scale nurnouts of such young professionals

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International Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2013

International Workers Memorial Day April 28, 2013 | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
ANROEV Members are undertaking several activities across the globe to commemorate the International Workers Memorial Day on April 28, 2013 Bangladesh - focusing on Prevention of Occupational Diseas...
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Workplace safety then (1911, N.Y.C.) and now (2013, West, Texas)

Workplace safety then (1911, N.Y.C.) and now (2013, West, Texas) | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Every day in America, 12 people go to work and never come home. (That's the "now" part.)
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Saskatchewan records 60 workplace deaths; highest in three decades

Saskatchewan records 60 workplace deaths; highest in three decades | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board says 2012 was the worst year in the province f... - Your Health - Winnipeg Free Press.
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Labor bureau raids Osaka printing company over bile duct cancer deaths

Labor bureau raids Osaka printing company over bile duct cancer deaths | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
OSAKA -- A local labor bureau has raided a printing company here where 17 workers suffered from bile...
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Coal Kills

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The first ever estimation of death and disease due to coal-fired power plants in India estimates between 85,000 to 115,000 people killed in 2011-12.
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More People Died in Workplace Accidents Than Car Crashes in 2012: Jamsostek | The Jakarta Globe

More People Died in Workplace Accidents Than Car Crashes in 2012: Jamsostek | The Jakarta Globe | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Nine people died everyday in work-related accidents in 2012 — a figure higher than deaths from traffic accidents — state-owned worker insurance company Jamsostek said.
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Workers decry lack of health and safety in factories, workplaces

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KARACHI: Trade union leaders and representatives of labour rights organisations have expressed their concern over absence and lack of occupational health and safety facilities at factories and other work places and demanded the government to ensure availability of these facilities which are mandatory under Factories Act 1934.

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OSH Rights: May 2013, No 28

OSH Rights: May 2013, No 28 | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
In This Issue ANROEV Conference 2013 Enough is Enough – Stop these Murders at Workplaces in Asia Rotterdam Convention in crisis, say civil society groups Workers Memorial Day Update from Partners A...
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Retailers back Bangladesh factory safety pact - Aljazeera.com

Retailers back Bangladesh factory safety pact - Aljazeera.com | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
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H&M, C&A, Primark and the owners of Zara have agreed to monitor suppliers and pay for repairs following the worst industrial disaster in the South Asian country.
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Sindicatos piden que multinacionales respondan por derrumbe en Bangladesh - Internacional - EL UNIVERSAL

Sindicatos piden que multinacionales respondan por derrumbe en Bangladesh - Internacional - EL UNIVERSAL | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Los activistas señalaron que la desgracia causada por las negligencias de las empresas en Dacca no es un caso aislado en Asia, donde la corrupción contribuye a que no se implementen adecuadamente las medidas de seguridad y salubridad en las fábricas.
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[Bangladesh] Garment workers' red-flag human chain formed by ...

[Bangladesh] Garment workers' red-flag human chain formed by ... | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
See on Scoop.it – Asian Labour Update Avoid labour unrests and untoward incidents in Garment sector before Eid, pay Eid bonus and wages before 20 Ramadan and hold “owner-workers direct talks in all RMG factories”.
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Full Text: National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015) - CRIENGLISH.com

Full Text: National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015) - CRIENGLISH.com | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Full Text: National Human Rights Action Plan of China (2012-2015)CRIENGLISH.comImplementing the Law on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases.
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Bangladesh's prime minister calls for punishment in building collapse

Bangladesh's prime minister calls for punishment in building collapse | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
More than a day after a Bangladesh building collapsed, rescuers searched for survivors as thousands took to the streets to protest lax safety conditions.
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Many feared dead in garment building collapse in Savar, 32 bodies retrieved

Many feared dead in garment building collapse in Savar, 32 bodies retrieved | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Many feared dead in garment building collapse in Savar, 32 bodies retrieved Wednesday, 24 April 2013 Author / Source: independent online report SAVAR: Scores of garment factory workers and others f...
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Abu Dhabi campaign keeps 3 million labourers safe in the heat - The National

Abu Dhabi campaign keeps 3 million labourers safe in the heat - The National | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
The Health Authority Abu Dhabi's (Haad) heat awareness campaign has been helping labourers cope with the blistering summer heat for the last five years.
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Women workers face grave occupational health hazards — OneWorld South Asia

Women workers face grave occupational health hazards — OneWorld South Asia | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) organised a two-day national workshop on ‘Occupational Health of Women Workers in the Informal Economy’ in New Delhi to highlight the critical issue of the hazardous health conditions that India's women...
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Indian sex workers are a shining example of women's empowerment

Indian sex workers are a shining example of women's empowerment | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
Andrea Cornwall: As the alternative Aids summit in Kolkata has shown, society should start treating women who work in the industry with respect instead of disgust (Indian sex workers are a shining example of women's empowerment
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Young women workers in China: Seeking a better life

Young women workers in China: Seeking a better life | Occupational and Environment Health | Scoop.it
“If leaving, remitting, and returning are the three key words that define the old generation, then leaving, searching, and becoming are the main themes for the new generation.” Jennifer Cheung talks to the new generation of factory girls in China.
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[Indonesia] Five dead, two critical in workplace tragedy

Five workers died with two others left in critical condition following an accident in an under-construction septic pit at the Manhattan Square construction site in South Jakarta on Tuesday. The tragedy was the latest in a series of fatal workplace accidents in the city. The police’s preliminary inquiry suggests that the victims appeared to have died after inhaling poisonous fumes inside the pit. Police said that six of the men were trying to help a colleague who had fallen into the pit, which is located in the building’s basement.


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