Jobs involving hazardous chemicals actually select people with the appropriate genes

workers at Hema Chemical Industries in Vadodara Gujarat are still on strike against the negligent approach of the management towards implementing health and safety norms. S K Varma, surgeon at

Thousands suffer in India s ship breaking yards while an unconcerned government invites more ships for scrapping

Birla Textile Mill in Himachal Pradesh is yet to pay dues to 2,300 workers. The unit was shifted from Delhi for causing pollution

Some factories in Delhi are flouting a Supreme Court order to relocate polluting factories. Meanwhile, over 50,000 workers have been rendered jobless. Most have not been compensated

Hard manual labour may actually reduce the risk of breast cancer in women

A STUDY conducted by Shobhana Warrier, a professor at the Jamia Millia Isalmia, Delhi, notes that the workers in fish processing units are often made to work under pathetic conditions and live in

it is feared that several Victorian

The ministry of environment and forests has banned setting up of

A new safety suit can sound alarm bells the moment it is damaged and make working in hazardous environments safer