More Than 200,000 Miners In Rajasthan Suffer From Silicosis
...e of the lungs to varying degrees. The symptoms of silicosis include coughing, breathlessness, weakness and dif...ON) showed that 86 percent of those certified with silicosis were over the age of 40. Silicosis is the silent killer of over 100,000 lives in Rajasthan. Thoug...Public Interest Litigation Filed Favoring Mineworkers Against Silicosis
...ed the health of 151 mineworkers suspected to have silicosis in late 2005. Of these, 70 were certified by a med... the number of persons likely to be suffering from silicosis in Rajasthan at between 198,000 and 666,000," the PIL said. In 1996, another NGO, Gramin Vikas Vig...