Cancers in “Silicon Glen” : Scottish electronics industry victims fight for future generations
2008
34
22-23
cancer ; electronics industry ; exposure ; occupational disease ; reproductive hazards ; toxic substances ; trade union attitude
Occupational diseases
English
"Workers in a Scottish electronics components factory have been campaigning for a decade about the health impact of their work. Some of the mostly-female workforce who were exposed to a cocktail of chemicals have been affected by a variety of cancers and serious reproductive health disorders. The protest was led by a trade unionist who succeeded in getting militant action going among the workers of a rabidly anti-union US firm."
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