Question

What are the health hazards involved in sericulture?

Answer 1

Health hazards caused by sericulture are:

1. Workers are often prone to infections due to blisters and injuries that occur while dipping their hands in the hot water to check whether the filaments have loosened enough to wound.
2. Vision disorders and backaches are caused by standing continuously, for 12 -16 hours in a day, reeling the silk thread.
3. The noise from the machines weaving the fabric can cause hearing impairments.
4. The diesel fumes from the machines and the vapours from the boiling cocoons can cause respiratory disorder