Health and Safety
IBM Elsevier Science and Academic freedom Print E-mail
Written by Bailar,Cicolla,Harrison, Ladou, Levy,Rohm,Teitelbaum,Wang, Watterson and Yoshida   
Sunday, 07 October 2007
Elsevier Science refused to publish an occupational health study of IBM workers that IBM sought to keep from public view. The paper discusses the OHSE issues and the implications of such actions for academic freedom and dissemination of research affecting workers in such companies and industries
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Burying the evidence - the UK work cancer epidemic Print E-mail
Written by Rory O'Neill and Andrew Watterson   
Friday, 13 July 2007
Work-related cancers will claim thousands of lives each year for a further working generation as a result of the “shocking complacency” of the government’s health and safety watchdog, a new report is warning. ‘Burying the evidence’ says the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has neither the resources nor the strategy to tackle the workplace carcinogen exposures killing at least 12,000 people each year.

Full report online:
www.hazards.org/cancer/hsecriticism
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Economic costs of asbestos related disease treatment Print E-mail
Written by andrew watterson   
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
This looks at economic costs to the UK's NHS of treatment of asbestos related diseases and sets the issue in the context of social and environmental justice.
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Health & Safety - Rebuilding Workplace Organisation Print E-mail
Written by Martin Wicks   
Wednesday, 13 December 2006
As the latest TUC H&S survey shows, we do not have the strength to take advantage of our legal rights in many workplaces. Whilst we must demand the application of existing law, and seek to improve it, the trades unions need to seriously discuss workplace H&S organisation. Too often it is considered as a separate activity rather than one which is integrated into overall union organisation.

Whilst there has been a significant move away from 'partnership' in a number of unions, this has yet to be applied to the H&S sphere. We cannot strive to improve H&S whilst in alliance with employers to 'succeed' in the market place. We cannot collaborate with increased exploitation of our labour without suffering the consequences in H&S.
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Has safety had its chips? * Worst ever protection at work Print E-mail
Written by Rory ONeill   
Tuesday, 05 December 2006
Has safety had its chips? * Worst ever protection at work

HSE is broke

The official safety watchdog is broke, can’t do its job and is haemorrhaging staff. Hazards editor Rory O’Neill predicts over-stretched and under-protected workers will soon get sick of being fed the government’s healthy lifestyle and “work is good for you” line.

Hazards, number 96, October-December 2006
www.hazards.org
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