[Health and work: the case of the gas emissions at the Industrial Complex of Mayagüez].
This article describes the effects of gas emissions on the health of the workers (mostly women) of garment Industry at the Guanajibo Industrial Complex in Mayagüez. The persons affected show the following diseases and conditions: peripherial neuropathy, alteration of time and space orientation, damage to the pulmonary system and the respiratory tract, allergies, degenerative diseases, and even death. The agencies concerned have been negligent alleging that the problem is caused by stress of mass hysteria, this without performing the necessary studies. Having evaluated the problem, the Committee concludes that its roots are in the establishment in Puerto Rico of industries without considering the negative effects over health due to the contamination they generate, and which they do not control properly, all to maintain jobs that in the long run will not solve our problems, but will surely affect the health of the people.
Cruz Chaulissant
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D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011647:Puerto Rico
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational
Salud y trabajo: el caso de las emanaciones de gases en el Complejo Industrial de Mayagüez.