This man knows all about cancer – Simon Pickvance
We are deeply saddened that Simon Pickvance has passed away. Simon was fighting a deadly battle against mesothelioma which he developed due to his work. The globalOSHmovement has lost a warrior in its fight for health and justice. Below is a message from Rory O’Neill who is editor of the Hazards Magazine about Simon – SIMON PICKVANCE, founder of Read More »
Chinese factory-fire victim turned activist honored by world’s largest public health group
The New York Times headline read “Fire Ravages a Doll Factory In Southern China, Killing 81.” It was November 1993, the city was Shenzhen and the location was the Zhili toy factory. Ms. Yuying Chen, 17, was one of 250 workers in the factory. Like many others, she had traveled from her rural farming community to the Shenzhen Read More »
Indian Trade Unions and Labour-Health Activists Stage Protest In front Of Canadian Embassy To Oppose Canada’s Decision To Reopen Deadly Asbestos Mines
July 26, 2012, New Delhi: Outraged by Quebec’s Premier Mr Jean Charest’s decision to grant $58 million loan to revive the world’s oldest open pitted chrysotile (white) asbestos mine-the Jeffery Mine, representatives from Indian trade unions and labour-health activists today held a demonstration infront of the Canadian Embassy in New Delhi. The opening of the Read More »
New Asbestos Mine in Canada-Business or Shameful Profiteering !
The Government of Quebec last week announced that it had given a $58 million loan guarantee to a consortium to develop a new underground chrysotile asbestos mine at the Jeffrey Asbestos Mine. The decision was immediately praised by the President of Jeffery Mines, Bernard Coulombe, Quebec National Assembly member Yvon Vallieres and trade unionist Francois Read More »
Asia facing ‘epidemic’ of worker deaths, report warns
Hong Kong (CNN) – Ramesh Makwana knew the risks to his health by working in an agate factory, but at $4 a day the rewards were too great. Now, after 14 years of breathing in the fine dust created by grinding and polishing the gemstone, Makwana has silicosis, a respiratory disease that swells the lungs. “He’s Read More »
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[India] Press Release – Ban Asbestos Now
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 2, 2013
Over 300 scientists and health defenders from 36 countries condemn dangerous misinformation being disseminated in India by asbestos industry organisations
In a letter released today, over 200 scientists and over 100 labour and health organizations from 36 countries strongly condemned efforts by asbestos industry organisations to promote use of chrysotile asbestos in India. The letter, sent to Health Minister Sh Gulam Nabi Azad, Labour Minister Sh Sis Ram Ola and Environment Minister Ms Jayanthi Natarajan, noted that the asbestos industry is on a mission to enhance its profits and urged the National Government of India to put the health of the Indian population ahead of the vested interests of the asbestos industry. Read More →
OSH Rights: October 2013, No 29
In This Issue
- AMRC statement against the Jilin fire, China – June 2013
- A Debt of Honor
- Update from Partners
- Chemical Poisoning Workshop and Medical Practitioners Skillshare
- National Asbestos Profile of Japan and Toolkit for Elimination of Asbestos Related Diseases
India’s poor ‘duped’ into clinical drug trials
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.
“Under-financed hospitals and clinics gain expertise, funding, and often new equipment when they conduct clinical trials. Patients who lack access to regular care can get treatments otherwise not available to them,” she told AFP.
“The question is whether these benefits are in keeping with the health priorities of the country and whether they outweigh the risks,” she added.
The Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, home to the Pathaks, has been at the centre of the trial scandal since 2004 when doctors were accused of using victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster for trials without their consent.
The non-profit Bhopal Group for Information and Action, which fights for the rights of thousands left disabled by the world’s worst industrial disaster, said that 14 people died as a result of these trials.
The state was once again under the spotlight last year when a fine of just 5,000 rupees ($92) was slapped on 12 doctors found to have conducted illegal trials on children and the mentally disabled.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/11/india-poor-duped-into-clinical-drug-trials/#ixzz2YnybsnXn
