by ET | Nov 27, 2023 | Article, Communication, Documents, Latest Updates
Press Release November 26, 2023 This week, Brazilian asbestos victims are demonstrating in Brasilia over the postponement by the Supreme Court (STF) of a decision which could have shut down operations at the country’s Cana Brava asbestos mine, the only mine still...
by Pooja | Oct 12, 2021 | Air Pollution, Article, Communication
India revised its NAAQS standards in the year 2009 after a gap of 15 years. The 24-hour standard for PM2.5 under the NAAQS is 60 whereas it is 25 as per WHO guidelines 2005. WHO has just revised its 2005 standards in 2021 – PM 2.5 has been kept at 15µg/m3. The...
by Pooja | Jul 2, 2021 | Article, News
Increased levels of disease and poverty among workers during the Industrial Revolution led Rudolf Virchow and others to explore how social and economic conditions affected health, disease, and the practice of medicine [1]. The 50th anniversary of NIOSH comes at...
by Pooja | Jun 26, 2021 | Article, News
Health care is the most important factor for each country on this planet. Many environmental factors affect human health and well-being. Heavy industry, harmful emissions, other types of pollution and inappropriate resources used in various products can have a...
by Pooja | Jun 16, 2021 | Article
June 16th is International Domestic Workers Day, celebrating the 2011 passage of the International Labor Organization Convention 189 for Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Since the adoption of ILO Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers, many countries...
by Pooja | Jun 11, 2021 | Article, News
Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward takes stock of where we stand in the global effort to end child labour. Published in the United Nations International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour by the International Labour Organization...
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