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Two million Karachiites face cancer threat 13 Jul 2013 | 09:37 am
ISLAMABAD: A personal loss has unfolded a collective tragedy in Karachi where a factory dumping site in Gadap Town exposes over two million residents to cancer-causing chemicals (Chrysotile asbestos) ...
India’s poor ‘duped’ into clinical drug trials 12 Jul 2013 | 10:12 am
Sonia Shah, author of “The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World’s Poorest Patients”, says it is imperative to find a way to balance the need for research with the full protection of patients. ...
New films for ban asbestos activists! 9 Jul 2013 | 01:25 pm
IBAS has uploaded a new resource for all ban asbestos activists. It is a series of video interviews with eminent scientists who endorse the consensus on asbestos hazards and give their views on the na...
Global health and justice groups demand that TCO Development withdraw its sustainability certification award for Samsung’s S4 Smartphone 10 Jun 2013 | 03:01 pm
For immediate release: Occupational and Environmental health and justice and workers’ rights groups from Asia, Europe and North America today issued a joint statement condemning TCO Development – the...
Scientific articles, intended to cast doubt on harm caused by chrysotile asbestos, were potentially part of a crime-fraud 10 Jun 2013 | 01:22 pm
In a unanimous decision, five judges of a New York Appeal Court ruled (1) on June 6, 2013 that Georgia-Pacific must allow an in camera (private) review of documents and raw data related to eleven publ...
Resolution in support of the SAICM recommendations on the hazards in electronics industry 31 May 2013 | 04:25 pm
Resolution in support of the SAICM recommendations on the hazards in electronics adopted May 2013 Whereas the rapid growth of the electronics industry has been accompanied by massive increased use o....
OSH Rights: May 2013, No 28 27 May 2013 | 10:44 am
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...
ANROEV Conference 2013 presentations and report 20 May 2013 | 03:53 pm
Presentations, Background papers, conference papers, photos for the ANROEV 2013 conference can be found here Conference Report – Coming Soon ANROEV Statement on Fire Safety and Industrial Disasters ...
Joint Chemical Conference Disappoints Those Seeking Action on Asbestos, Paraquat 18 May 2013 | 11:08 am
By Daniel Pruzin, Bloomberg BNA, Daily Report for Executives GENEVA—The first-ever joint Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm conventions on the production and trade...
Asbestos: a scandal once again ! 16 May 2013 | 10:49 am
Asbestos: a scandal once again ! Denial of justice announced by the way of press articles Press release, 15 May, 2013 According the journal « le Canard enchaîné », the investigation chamber of the....
