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Occupational Disease
Scientists at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology publish research in occupational disease
April 21st, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal African Affairs, "Gold mining has been central to the success of South Africa's economy. That labour intensive industry has relied heavily on migrant workers for its profitability." "In the past decade, scientists in Johannesburg and Cape Town have identified a pandemic of the serious occupational disease silicosis among gold miners. Litigation currently before South African courts raises the possibility of a class action by hundred and thousands of miners against the major corporations such as Anglo American. If successful that litigation may well change work regimes in the mining industry," wrote J....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-21)
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