An Airbus A320 of the German company Germanwings fell on Tuesday morning in southern France, killing 150 people (144 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane was going from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) and fell by steep so 8min
Were aboard 67 German, 45 Spanish and Turkish
The wreck is at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.
A black box was found. Accident causes are still unknown.
Source: G1
An Airbus A320 of the German company Germanwings fell on Tuesday morning in southern France, killing 150 people (144 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane was going from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) and fell by steep so 8min
Were aboard 67 German, 45 Spanish and Turkish
The wreck is at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.
A black box was found. Accident causes are still unknown.
Source: G1
BEIJING, China — The world’s largest mining industry has suffered a double setback after experts announced that China has more than one million cases of the incurable mining disease silicosis.
The announcement came as rescue workers pulled the bodies of 22 dead miners from a gas blast in a state-owned coal mine in the central province of Henan.
As authorities ordered a crackdown on private, illegal mines after a spate of fatal accidents, concerns over occupational health in one of the world’s deadliest industries is likely to take on new impetus.
The estimates have been released before a national law on occupational diseases comes into effect on May 1.The ruling aims to address the poor working conditions that affect millions of Chinese workers involved in mining and other hazardous industries.
Silicosis, caused by inhaling tiny silica dust that accumulates in the lungs, is preventable but incurable.
The disease leads to lung scarring, breathing difficulties, heart attacks and sometimes death, although it can take as long as 10 years to become noticeable.
Many more unreported
China, according to local media sources, had previously admitted to 558,000 cases of silicosis with a cumulative total of 133,000 deaths.
Yet new estimates made by experts at the School of Public Health at Shanghai Medical University told the South China Morning Post newspaper that there are many more unreported cases.
“We think there are 600,000 additional patients who have worked in private or collective enterprises since the early 1980s,”
Said Professor Yi Jintai, the head of the public health school.
The Hong Kong newspaper said that about 40,000 new cases of silicosis occur every year in China.
The new law to be implemented on May 1 will hope to address the damaging statistics associated with the mining industry and will require employers to make workplaces safe and provide worker insurance.
Workers will also be able to seek legal aid if their right to work under protection from a dangerous environment is violated by employers.
More mine deaths
The deadly industry suffers not only deaths from poor occupational health but from unsafe conditions.
A gas explosion in the central province of Henan killed 22 miners last Friday, according to the semi-official China News Service, the bodies were only removed on Monday.Only three miners survived the blast and one was still missing at the state-owned Xinfeng coal mine.The blast ripped through a shaft some 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) underground.
More than 5,000 deaths were officially reported in mining accidents in 2001.
CNN.com
link:http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/04/03/china.minesafety/index.html
When Arianna Huffington collapsed at her desk in 2007, she woke to find herself covered in a pool of blood. Sporting a broken cheekbone from the fall, the incident spurred the editor-in-chief to sit up and rethink her workaholic lifestyle.
Since then, Huffington has made it her mission to raise awareness around work-life balance with her “sleep evangelist” mantra infused across the HuffPost website. From her “GPS for the Soul” app to installing nap rooms inside her New York headquarters, it’s rare for the media mogul not to mention sleep deprivation in TV appearances or her weekly editor’s note.
CNN anchor Maggie Lake sat down with Huffington to discuss redefining success as outlined in her new book “Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Happier Life.”
“It’s very important to recognize [burnout] is a global phenomenon.
I was in South Korea recently where we also have Huffington Post. Stress and burnout are much worse there than in the United States. People consume alcohol four times as much as a way to alleviate stress; 40 people commit suicide a day. You go to China, and stress is now a daily topic of conversation because people have paid such a price.”
“I believe we need to define success beyond the two metrics of money and power.
[We need] to include a third metric that incorporates our health, well-being and wisdom. A capacity to be connected with our better selves… Not to miss the moment — because that’s all we have. We can’t DVR our lives and watch it later.”
“Nothing kills creativity more than burnout.
So in fact, the best thing we can do for our careers is to foster and nurture that creativity and that effectiveness… There is absolutely no trade off between doing well in our jobs and taking care of our own human capital.”
“The situation is changing.
In Germany, Volkswagen gives employees company phones which are automatically turned off at 6pm and then turned on again at 7am… Here in the United States, 35% of large and medium size corporations have introduced some stress reduction policies. Businesses are losing $300 billion a year because of stress… All of these things that we are discussing do not just affect our personal lives, they affect the bottom line.”
“Introducing even five minutes of meditation.
Now meditation is really our quiet time. It is time to unplug from all our devices, unplug from the world… all my smartphones, my iPad, whatever I have is outside my bedroom. I never charge smartphones by the bed.”
See the interview : http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/01/business/is-the-global-workforce-headed-for-a-burnout/index.html
1. India – Más de 14 millones de personas en la India, como este niño que trabaja en Mumbai, viven en condiciones de esclavitud, según el Índice Global de la Esclavitud.
2. China – Wang Bangyin rompe en llanto mientras abraza a su hijo rescatado en un centro de bienestar para niños de la provincia de Guizhou en China, en 2009. El niño fue uno de 60 niños rescatados por la policía de tráfico de personas.
Casi 3 millones de personas en China son víctimas de las formas de esclavitud moderna, incluyendo el matrimonio forzado, la explotación sexual y formas de trabajo forzoso, como la servidumbre doméstica y la mendicidad forzada
3. Pakistán – Un grupo de trabajadores en servidumbres paquistaníes incluidas mujeres y niños se sientan con sus pertenencias después de su liberación en el pueblo de Kahpro, a unos 280 kilómetros al este de Karachi. El país tiene un estimado de 2.2 millones de esclavos.
4. Nigeria – Decenas de niños esclavos viajan en la parte posterior de un vehículo de la policía después de que fueron detenidos en la frontera Seme, en Nigeria. La esclavitud allí implica el tráfico de mujeres y niños para la explotación sexual, el trabajo doméstico o el trabajo forzado.
5. Etiopía – Unos 650.000 personas viven en condiciones de esclavitud en Etiopía, según el Índice Global de la Esclavitud.
6. Kazajistán – Los países de la antigua Unión Soviética, como Kazajistán, donde una trabajadora sexual se presenta frente a un burdel, han sido una fuente de tráfico de mujeres. En Rusia, los investigadores estiman que hay más de 500.000 personas en condiciones de esclavitud hoy en día.
7. Tailandia – Los destinos turísticos que son populares para el comercio sexual adulto, como Pattaya en Tailandia, se dice que son centros de tráfico sexual de menores. Las mujeres tailandesas son también víctimas de la trata de esclavas sexuales a muchos otros países.
8. República Democrática del Congo – La esclavitud moderna en países como la República Democrática del Congo refleja patrones centenarios de la esclavitud, a menudo basada en los conflictos coloniales y la injusticia exacerbada por los conflictos armados contemporáneos, según los investigadores del índice.
9. Myanmar – Trabajadores de la construcción de Myanmar llevan cestas de piedra para la construcción de una carretera en Naypyidaw en 2006. A pesar de que la agencia del trabajo de la ONU levantó las restricciones contra Myanmar este año, alrededor de 380.000 personas están esclavizados en el país, según el Índice Global de la Esclavitud.
10. Bangladesh – Moyna se sienta frente a su casa en la localidad de Kalora, Bangladesh. A los 14 años se encontró trabajando en un burdel de la India después de haber sido engañada creyendo que había aceptado un trabajo en una fábrica de acero.
Ver las 10 fotos en el sitio CNN español
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