"Silicosis is an incurable – but preventable – occupational disease. And yet people across the world are still dying of it. In Turkey, 40 jeans industry workers have died of silicosis in recent years alone. In April 2009, a ministerial instruction finally banned the hand sanding of jeans in response to pressure from a joint committee of workers, unions, doctors and civil society organizations. But Turkish manufacturers are already outsourcing these activities elsewhere."

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