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Killer Jeans, CleanClothes.org, 11/28/10
The Solidarity Committee of Denim Sandblasting Labourers of Turkey and the Clean Clothes Campaign, supported by dozens of trade unions and labour-rights NGOs, demanded that jeans brands stop selling sandblasted jeans, and encouraged governments to investigate an importation ban. The call was launched at a press conference in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Nov. 27. Organizations and individuals were urged to sign up to an online appeal that can be found at http://www.cleanclothes.org/news/killer-jeans. More.
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Special Report: Perils of firefighting linger long after the blazes are out, Press-Telegram, (Long Beach, CA), 11/27/10
Numerous studies have shown that firefighters have higher rates of cancer and other health problems, and at least one study has found that the highest cancer risk of all is testicular cancer -- the same disease that forced 52-year-old David Ellis into an early retirement at the end of 2009. More.
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Rendell vetoes bill to expand workers compensation coverage for firefighters with cancer, The Patriot-News, 11/27/10
Gov. Ed Rendell has vetoed a bill that would've expanded workers compensation claims coverage for firefighters diagnosed with certain types of cancer. More.
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Stricken coal miner sees compensation award cut in half after mine boss refuses to pay, China Labor Bulletin, 11/27/10
Pneumoconiosis, or black lung disease, kills three times as many coal miners as those who die in coal mine accidents each year, a government conference announced this week. Moreover, many of those miners will die in poverty because their employer refuses to pay them the compensation they deserve, and the authorities are powerless or unwilling to help. More.
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Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and the Brazilian Association of the Asbestos-Exposed (ABREA) announce GBAN - Global Ban Asbestos Network, Press Release, 11/15/10
Washington, DC ... November 15, 2010 - The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and the Brazilian Association of the Asbestos-Exposed (ABREA) today announced the formation of the Global Ban Asbestos Network (GBAN), a non-profit and independent initiative established to promote and facilitate collaboration, communication, and action to achieve a global asbestos ban. More.
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San Francisco to honor nail salons for healthy polish, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/27/10
San Francisco's first-of-its-kind program to honor toxic-chemical-free nail salons will serve as the base coat upon which many new layers are painted if public health advocates have their way. Starting in January, the Department of the Environment will award salons that use healthy polishes with a decal to post in their window. More
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