Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019

Occupational impact on health of women rag pickers of Ahmedabad.

Divya Fulwani, Divya Chandel

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Rag pickers play an important but usually unrecognized role in the waste management system of Indian cities. They collect recyclable items including metal scraps and plastic from the garbage dumped at the waste dumping sites and sell it to scrap merchants. This paper presents a study on the women rag pickers of Ahmedabad city with focus on their health status to check the effects of occupational exposure. The results have been obtained through filling up of performa and testing of blood parameters. Statistical analysis was done using ‘Chi–Square’ test through Graph Pad Prism – 6.0 software. The results indicate significant prevalence of high blood pressure, cough, nasal irritation, nutritional deficiency, irregular menstruation, anaemia, eosinophilia etc. in exposed rag pickers as compared to control (age matched women with similar socio–economic background) due to their constraints and unawareness regarding health risks associated with this occupation which indicate future risks for various diseases in them.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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OCCUPATIONAL IMPACT ON HEALTH OF WOMEN RAG PICKERS OF AHMEDABAD., Divya Fulwani, Divya Chandel INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019

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