The Occupational Knowledge International (OK International), a US-based NGO that works to build capacity in developing countries to identify, monitor, and mitigate environmental and occupational exposures to hazardous materials in order to protect public health and the environment, has raised the alarm that the rise of a new export industry in India may lead to “significant health risks” in the country.
Pointing out that the growth in production of artificial stone countertops in India because of their huge demand in US, is bringing silicosis and tuberculosis (TB) risk, in a joint statement issued with Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP), a charity working on environmental justice, occupational health and climate change in Odisha, it said, the health risks of manufacturing and installing the countertops are “magnified as the silica content" in it is "approximately 90% versus 3% in natural marble.”
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