The High Court in Punjab and Haryana have admitted a public interest
litigation (PIL) banning cancer-causing agents in those areas.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have published carcinogens and activist Hemant Goswami has submitted that India should ban these items. "WHO and its affiliate IARC has, in its over 50 years of research, identified hundreds of agents (carcinogens)… Despite such carcinogens having been clearly identified, the government does nothing and such cancer-causing agents frequently make way to the market… and are used in various industries to which people are exposed, and thereby it has resulted in increased cancer prevalence in India” says Goswami.
In addition to the ban, he also wants to find compensation for those who come into contact with these carcinogens in the workplace.
For more information, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2013/04/08/hc-notice-to-centre-states-on-cancer-causing-agents/.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) have published carcinogens and activist Hemant Goswami has submitted that India should ban these items. "WHO and its affiliate IARC has, in its over 50 years of research, identified hundreds of agents (carcinogens)… Despite such carcinogens having been clearly identified, the government does nothing and such cancer-causing agents frequently make way to the market… and are used in various industries to which people are exposed, and thereby it has resulted in increased cancer prevalence in India” says Goswami.
In addition to the ban, he also wants to find compensation for those who come into contact with these carcinogens in the workplace.
For more information, visit http://www.aalatimes.com/2013/04/08/hc-notice-to-centre-states-on-cancer-causing-agents/.
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