Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) in Brazil
The picture of the Brazilian labor market reveals that 998 thousand children are subjected to illegal labor in the country, with 190,000 children up to 13 years of age who could not work under any condition. The data are from Read More …
by Laurie Kazan-Allen, International Ban Asbestos Secretariat A majority verdict of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) handed down in Brasilia on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, prohibited the mining, processing, marketing and distribution of chrysotile (white) asbestos in Brazil – currently Read More …
The third workshop organized by the National Council of Water Resources (CNRH) is aimed at water reuse in domestic environment. The Secretary of Water Resources and Environmental Quality of the Ministry of Environment (MMA), Jair Tannus Júnior, highlighted the need Read More …
Manufacturers, importers, distributors and sellers who have not signed a commitment term and were out of sectoral agreements are still required to design and implement reverse logistics systems. The government government issued a decree regulating this obligation for reverse logistics Read More …
There are less than three years left to implement an International Chemicals Management System within the scope of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM). It is a voluntary agreement, established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which Read More …
Two died and one injured after scaffolding which they were working on came into contact with power line in the North Zone of Pernambuco. Witnesses reported to the police that three men were working on a billboard when the scaffold Read More …
51-year-old employee died in a work-related accident at the JBS plant in Samambaia, in the Federal District, after he fell into a poultry processing machine. According to JBS, the accident occurred during the process of cleaning. The company also states Read More …
Statement from the Brazilian National Association of Occupational Medicine (ANAMT) regarding the outcome of the Supreme Court ruling on the production and sale of asbestos in Brazil The Brazilian National Association of Occupational Medicine – ANAMT, a non-profit civil entity Read More …
The workers from the Osasco region who had contact with asbestos at some point in their professional activities now have the assistance of an outpatient clinic at the Incor (Heart Institute), linked to the Clinics Hospital of São Paulo. The Read More …
According to data from the Secretariat of Social Security, there has been a 17% increase in the grants of disease aid for anxiety disorders in the last four years – from 22,600 in 2012 to 26,500 in 2016. Anxiety accounts Read More …