China faces challenge from occupational diseases

China faces challenge from occupational diseases
Mar 28, 2008 03:01
YVONNE Points: Join Date: Nov 29, 2004 Status: offline	Xinhua News Agency reported: "China is facing a severe challenge by the high incidence of occupational diseases" said Vice Health Minister Ma Xiaowei on Thursday at a national meeting. The report point out that occupational diseases caused by illegal and unsafe production are on the rise. People who worked in mining , pharmaceutical and pesticide manufacture, nuclear infrastructure and radioactivity treatment institutions are prone to occupational diseases. The report also suggests that even though China published an occupational diseases prevention law in 2002, many firms still turn a blind eye to workers' working conditions. The lax enforcement is part of reasons. The domestic workers suffering occupational diseases would continue to increase over the next 10 to 15 years. What kinds of occupation are you engaging in? Do you suffer from occupational diseases?

Mar 28, 2008 03:01

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Xinhua News Agency reported: "China is facing a severe challenge by the high incidence of occupational diseases" said Vice Health Minister Ma Xiaowei on Thursday at a national meeting.

The report point out that occupational diseases caused by illegal and unsafe production are on the rise. People who worked in mining , pharmaceutical and pesticide manufacture, nuclear infrastructure and radioactivity treatment institutions are prone to occupational diseases.

The report also suggests that even though China published an occupational diseases prevention law in 2002, many firms still turn a blind eye to workers' working conditions. The lax enforcement is part of reasons.

The domestic workers suffering occupational diseases would continue to increase over the next 10 to 15 years.

What kinds of occupation are you engaging in? Do you suffer from occupational diseases?

Mar 28, 2008 23:08

GRIZ326
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There will always be occupational disease even if you only work at a computer screen and a keyboard.

The USA has many laws to protect workers from poor work conditions. These laws have over many years improved working conditions and reduced occupational disease a good deal. The downside of this is that safe working conditions increase the cost of production dramatically.

Many of the working condition laws go to the extreme, even to the absurd. Perhaps China can strike a sensible balance for worker safety and enforce it well.

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