Occupational diseases in a critical situation in China

时间：2007-05-04 02:52:23

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Chinanews, Beijing, May 1 – According to available statistics, by the end of last year, there were altogether 676,562 reported cases of occupational diseases. Among them, 616,442 cases were pneumoconiosis, which resulted in 146,195 people dead.

 

The information was revealed by Su Zhi, deputy director of the Health Supervision1 Bureau under the Ministry2 of Health at a press briefing released on Sunday.

 

At present, many people in China have suffered from contact occupational diseases. In pneumoconiosis alone, there have been about 10,000 new cases emerging every year for the past 15 years, he said.

 

Information from the 29 provinces, autonomous3 regions and municipalities, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps4 shows that last year, about 11,519 cases of occupational diseases were reported, with 8,783 cases being pneumoconiosis. There were 467 cases in which workers suffered from work-related acute poison and 1,083 cases of chronic5 poison resulting from work. Statistics show that from 1991 to 2006, there were 38,412 poison cases happening on work sites and 21,708 cases related with other kinds of occupational diseases.

 

Experts from the Occupational Health and Poison Control Institute under the China Disease Prevention and Control Center said that in future the incidence of occupational disease would continue to rise in China. Current reported cases can not reflect the real situation in the occurrence of occupational diseases, they asserted

 

China is faced with a critical situation in its occupational diseases, which has developed into a social problem affecting the public’s health, Su said.

 
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1 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督，管理
参考例句：
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
2 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
4 corps pzzxv     
n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组
参考例句：
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
5 chronic BO9zl     
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的
参考例句：
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

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