The air we breathe contains much more than vital oxygen — it comprises toxins and particulate matter (PM), high levels of which can harm health. Poor air quality is exacerbated daily by multiple pollutants, which could increase the risks of health concerns ranging...

The largest and most comprehensive study to date of workers in the stone benchtop industry has found an “alarmingly high” prevalence of silicosis and that the mandated screening tests are failing to diagnose those with the disease, meaning that current estimates of...

Jharkhand: Kunal, 34, lay on his bed, keeping the AC's temperature at 21 degrees on a scorchy summer afternoon. Once a healthy man, as seen in the pictures on the room's wall, Kunal's body had grown extremely pale. Lying down in his shorts, Kunal had an oxygen mask on...

Twenty-four-year-old Vijay Kumar who hails from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh worked on a power press machine for an auto parts manufacturing company in Manesar, Haryana. He met with an accident in December 2017 while working on the machine in which he lost fingers of his...

New Delhi, Jun 13 (EFE).- At least 17 workers were injured on Tuesday by a steam leak in a factory of the Tata Steel company in eastern India, the multinational firm said in a statement. Some 17-18 workers at the Tata Steel plant in the town of Dhenkanal in the state...