Anglo American to help miners with medical claims
…American South Africa, which if successful will bring an avalanche of suits against the mining industry, will be heard next year after miners who contracted silicosis or silicosis tuberculosis from…
British Parliamentarian calls on Anglo American to assist dying miners
…AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa in calling on the Board and shareholders of Anglo American to compensate former miners suffering from TB or dying of silicosis. The text…
Glimmer of justice for sick gold miners
A South African court judgment could enable hundreds of thousands of workers, and their families, to gain compensation for deadly silicosis contracted in the country’s gold mines. Alas, the verdict…
African mining may be driving TB epidemic: study
…covered in this article is the tendency to mis-diagnose cases of silicosis (incurable) as tuberculosis (curable) still prevalent in some countries and among medical authorities, including those closely associated with…
Talk by Shula Marks 22-4-10
Silicosis: the silent scourge?