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Global Health NOW: Deadly Risks in India鈥檚 Fireworks Factories; Keeping Warm Can Be Toxic in Mongolia; and An Extra Coat of Coolness in Cape Town
April 15, 2025
Millions of Indians celebrate the Diwali Festival with fireworks鈥攚ithout realizing the dangerous conditions factory workers in Sivakasi endure. Gurugram, India, October 31, 2024. Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty
鈥業nvisible Suffering鈥�: Deadly Risks In India鈥檚 Fireworks Factories
SIVAKASI, India鈥擳he explosion shook the ground beneath the fireworks factory and threw him into the air.
The February 19 blast broke bones in both his legs and broke his right arm. His face is covered in scars from third-degree burns, and both his eyes have been badly damaged.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 see anything but darkness, and I couldn鈥檛 open my eyes,鈥� Palpandey, 31, said from his hospital room days after the explosion. 鈥淚鈥檝e never felt fear like that in my life.鈥�
Fireworks鈥� Toll:
Ed. Note: Our thanks go to Padmavathy Krishna Kumar, who shared the idea for this topic and received an honorable mention in the , co-sponsored by Global Health NOW and the .
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Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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SIVAKASI, India鈥擳he explosion shook the ground beneath the fireworks factory and threw him into the air.
The February 19 blast broke bones in both his legs and broke his right arm. His face is covered in scars from third-degree burns, and both his eyes have been badly damaged.
鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 see anything but darkness, and I couldn鈥檛 open my eyes,鈥� Palpandey, 31, said from his hospital room days after the explosion. 鈥淚鈥檝e never felt fear like that in my life.鈥�
Fireworks鈥� Toll:
- Explosions like the one at Neerathilingam Fireworks are not uncommon in this city in Southern India that produces nearly 90% of the country鈥檚 fireworks and employs tens of thousands of workers like Palpandey (who uses only his first name).
- Employers typically pay for injured workers鈥� initial care, but then workers are often on their own in subsequent months and years.
- A 2023鈥�2024 government report said 91 workers were killed in the most recent year, but only those killed at the site of an explosion are counted鈥攏ot those who die later.
Ed. Note: Our thanks go to Padmavathy Krishna Kumar, who shared the idea for this topic and received an honorable mention in the , co-sponsored by Global Health NOW and the .
Look for part II of the series tomorrow: 鈥淔ireworks and Heartbreak in a Hard-Hit Village.鈥� GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES The Latest One-Liners Denmark could eliminate cervical cancer by 2040, the Danish Cancer Society says, as a national HPV vaccination campaign has brought the rate down to lower than 10 out of 100,000 women; the is lower than four per 100,000 women.
Female genital mutilation is linked to significant long-term health complications, including a 2X+ risk of prolonged or obstructed labor in childbirth and a 4.4 times higher likelihood of experiencing PTSD, that analyzes evidence from ~30 countries.
A group of national organizations representing America鈥檚 academic, medical, and independent research institutions announced a joint effort to develop a new indirect costs funding model for federal research grants to submit to the federal government.
Participants of a study in Tanzania who were cured of infection with Wuchereria bancrofti worms鈥攚hich cause lymphatic filariasis鈥攕howed a ~60% reduction in HIV infections in a follow-up comparison of two study periods . U.S. and Global Health Policy News Trump plan would slash State Dept. funding by nearly half, memo says 鈥�
Trump eyes huge climate research cuts at NOAA 鈥�
Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list 鈥�
Free US family planning clinics face financial ruin after White House freezes funds 鈥�
Impact of CDC Hepatitis Lab Closure on US Public Health 鈥�
EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Most Polluters 鈥� CLIMATE CHANGE Keeping Warm Is Killing Thousands in Mongolia
Some 7,000 people in Mongolia have died this winter due to air pollution, caused by the coal that provides 70% of the nation鈥檚 energy and warms most homes.
Raw coal smoke contains carcinogenic particles, and the briquettes introduced by Mongolia鈥檚 government can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Citizens regularly suffer from respiratory diseases, liver and lung cancers, asthma, and flu.
- By February, there had been 811 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.
There they construct gers: circular tents with central stoves that feed out through a chimney in the roof. More than 50% of Mongolia鈥檚 population live in gers; each household burns ~50 pounds of coal daily in winter.
GLOBAL HEALTH VOICES TECH & INNOVATION An Extra Coat of Coolness in Cape Town
South Africa鈥檚 summer sun can quickly make informal dwellings unbearably hot. The homes鈥攐ften made of corrugated metal sheets and wood鈥攃an reach temperatures of 95掳F / 35掳C during the day, and barely budge at night.
The heat takes a heavy toll on the millions of South Africans who live in such settlements, preventing sleep and compounding stress.
A paint-related program aims to bring relief: Researchers are investigating the effect of painting roofs with reflective, UV-resistant paint鈥攚hich manufacturers say can dramatically reduce temperatures.
- The study will track buildings鈥� internal temperatures, and also potential impacts on inhabitants鈥� sleep and physiology.
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'Parkinson's is a man-made disease' 鈥�
Stopping gonorrhoea's descent towards untreatability 鈥�
Why 3.5 Billion People Lack Basic Oral Care鈥攁nd What Needs To Change 鈥�
Young Children鈥檚 Exposure to Chemicals of Concern in Their Sleeping Environment: An In-Home Study 鈥�
The Fly That Ruined the World Record (A Metaphor for Chagas Disease) 鈥�
Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry? 鈥� Issue No. 2708
Global Health NOW is an initiative of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Contributors include Brian W. Simpson, MPH, Dayna Kerecman Myers, Annalies Winny, Morgan Coulson, Kate Belz, Melissa Hartman, Jackie Powder, and Rin Swann. Write us: dkerecm1@jhu.edu, like us on and follow us on Instagram and X .
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