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What Construction Dust Does to Your Lungs and Why Cloth Masks Fail Indian Workers

The particle that never leavesNot all dust is equal. The dust raised by a jackhammer breaking concrete, a grinder cutting sandstone, or a drill boring through brick contains crystalline silica, particles that measure between 0.5 and 10 microns. At that size, they do not get caught in the nose or…

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7 Serious Health Problems Indian Cab and Truck Drivers Develop From Long Driving Hours

Chronic Back and Spine PainSitting in a fixed position for 10 or more hours, absorbing road vibration through a seat that rarely offers lumbar support, is one of the fastest routes to spinal degeneration. A 2019 study published in the Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine found that professional…

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6 Injuries Indian Security Guards Develop From Standing Through Long Night Shifts

Plantar Fasciitis: The Foot Injury That Starts as Morning PainThe first sign is a stabbing sensation in the heel the moment a guard puts weight on his foot after a rest break. That is plantar fasciitis, inflammation of the thick band of tissue running along the bottom of the foot.…

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What Twenty Years of Kitchen Smoke Does to the Lungs of Indian Cooks, Halwais and Dhaba Workers

The Air Inside a Professional Kitchen Is Not AirA halwais working a tandoor at full heat is inhaling combustion gases, particulate matter, and vaporised fat simultaneously. A dhaba cook frying on a tawa over a wood or LPG flame produces a mix of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,…

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5 Lung Conditions Indian Tailors, Carpenters and Stone Cutters Develop From Dust Exposure

Silicosis: The Stone Cutter's SentenceSilicosis is the most severe and irreversible lung condition found among Indian stone cutters, sandstone miners, and construction workers who grind or chisel silica-bearing rock. Fine crystalline silica particles, when inhaled repeatedly, lodge in the alveoli and trigger a fibrotic response: the lung tissue hardens around…

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Nurse Assistants Had Higher Long COVID Rates Than Doctors Across Three Hospitals in a New Occupational Study

A study of 8,441 healthcare workers across three Spanish hospitals found that nurse assistants consistently had higher rates of long COVID than physicians.

Medical Daily

The Hidden Cost of Fast Fashion: What India's Textile Workers Pay So You Don't Have To

The city that makes your wardrobeTiruppur does not look like a place that clothes the world. It looks like heat and exhaust and the sound of cutting machines that start before dawn. The Tamil Nadu town produces roughly 90 percent of India's cotton knitwear exports and supplies garments to brands…

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Safety rules are routinely flouted in India’s factories

Indian factories routinely flout occupational health and safety rules, even as inspections remain scant, and overworked, underpaid workers operate faulty machinery leading to accidents and injuries, many of which are not counted in official statistics, a new report shows.

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The 2026 OHS Crackdown: Why Calgary's Oil & Gas Sector Is Overhauling Safety Training

Alberta’s 2026 Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) changes are sending shockwaves through Calgary's corporate energy sector. With stricter penalties and updated mandates, top-tier oil and gas companies are realizing that reactive safety measures are no longer enough to protect their workers or their bottom lines.

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Will AI drones, robots and wearable sensors revolutionize workplace safety?

Around 60 per cent of Canadian employees can expect their job to be transformed through artificial intelligence (AI). For many, AI will complement, rather than replace, their work. For some, it could prevent illness, injury or death.

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Why Increased Awareness of Occupational Health Risks Is Saving Lives

Greater awareness of occupational health risks is driving meaningful progress in worker safety across a wide range of industries.

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Labour urged to create ‘national occupational health service’

Fabian Society argues service could keep more people in jobs and fix worklessness crisis driven by ill-health

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How to protect your eyes in the digital age – expert in eye and vision science

In an era where screens dominate our daily lives, a silent epidemic is sweeping the globe. Digital eye strain, a condition once relegated to the fringes of occupational health concerns, has emerged as a significant public health issue affecting millions worldwide. As our reliance on digital devices for work, education…

The Conversation

Welfare cuts won’t succeed without healthier jobs

The UK could be poised to cut billions of pounds from its welfare spend as the Treasury takes the view that there is less room for manoeuvre in the finances than hoped. Only last October, Chancellor Rachel Reeves believed she had almost £10 billion of so-called “fiscal headroom”, essentially a…

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£7,000 Awarded to Woman Pressured by Employer To Attend Meetings While Recovering from Hysterectomy

A woman has been awarded over £7,000 in compensation following an employment tribunal decision that her employer unintentionally humiliated her while she was recovering from a hysterectomy.

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A two-way street: Mental health can’t be ignored during work injury recovery

Discussions about mental health in the workplace have surged lately, driven by growing awareness of its impact on employee and organizational success. As occupational health researchers, these discussions have helped us shed light on the precursors and consequences of mental health challenges.

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Gig platform workers need better health and well-being protections

The rise of technology in the workplace, labour market deregulation and the decline in union representation have all significantly impacted the occupational health and safety field.

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Victoria's OHS sentencing to be put under microscope

Penalties for occupational health and safety offences in Victoria will be examined for the first time in 20 years.

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Occupational Health Allowance extended to outsourced sanitation workers in Andhra Pradesh; park workers excluded

Government extends ₹6,000 OHA to UGD, sanitation & malaria workers in AP.

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The impact of work on well-being: 6 factors that will affect the future of work and health inequalities

Work has long been considered a social determinant of health. Like housing, education, income security and other matters of economic and social policy, work can be a key factor in creating, maintaining or exacerbating unequal health outcomes across different societal groups.

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A new law is supposed to protect pregnant workers — but what if we don’t know how?

Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put…

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Latus buys out Citation Group's occupational health businesses

200-strong team formed with Hull, Manchester and Leicester presence

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Occupational health and wellbeing specialist PAM Group to create 100 jobs

PAM Group has been backed by private equity firm LDC since 2021

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Experts say Qatar can lead Gulf on protections for workers against heat stress

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Rust production company to pay $100,000 fine over Halyna Hutchins shooting

The production company behind the film Rust has agreed to pay a fine of 100,000 US dollars following the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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