Even I have found this very astonishing. Naresh On 11/13/17, Kotian, H P <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > I am wondering what this is all about. Lead content is found in ink and in > ink-print there would be lead content. While in Braille, the printing is > done by embossing. Even the old days printer would use zinc sheet and the > computer printers have metal pins made of steel to emboss. > > I am baffled! Would someone fill me in? > Harish. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 11:32 AM > To: accessindia <[email protected]>; J L Kaul > <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] Case to ponder: kolkata HC takes on: "Lead braille affecting > kids, PIL tells court" > > https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/lead-braille-affecting-kids-pil-tells-court/articleshow/61599469.cms > KOLKATA: A visually impaired advocate has urged Calcutta high court to give > an order to replace all lead-made braille prints with plastic ones. In her > PIL, she attached a survey that shows blind student using braille scripts > with high lead content are increasingly complaining of sleeplessness, lack > of apetite, gastric ailments and loss of memory...Petitioner Snigdha > Acharya, the daughter of retired high court judge Shankar Acharya, is now > studying for her post-graduate diploma on public health care and medicine > law at the National University of Juridical Sciences...A report by the > National Test House shows braille scripts have 98.11% lead content. This is > a major health hazard for the visually impaired, the PIL states, adding, > "The Centre and states are negligent about lead's harmful effect on blind > students."..Snigdha's counsel Srikanta Dutta argued, "The state is > distributing braille devices, which have high lead content, sent by central > agencies without taking any precaution. The Centre should use plastic to > make braille devices."..After the PIL was moved, the division bench of > Acting Chief Justice Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya and Justice Arijit Banerjee > fixed the hearing for 2pm. But no one turned up to represent the Centre. The > court then adjourned the hearing till November > 17 and declared that if no one appears on behalf of the Centre during the > next hearing, the court will proceed with the case any way.. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > The list has now migrated to www.accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > > You should now post to the id: [email protected] > > > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. 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