China plans to incorporate mouse hand and cervical spondylosis into occupational disease list

The "Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Occupational Disease Prevention Law of the People's Republic of China" was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and implemented. “The most critical aspect of the 2011 version of the Prevention and Control Act is the revision of the definition of occupational diseases, which will in turn lead to the 'expansion' of occupational disease lists, such as overwork death, eye injuries caused by long-term video work, and occupational low back pain. White-collar predisposed diseases such as cervical spondylosis, mouse hand, etc. are expected to be included in the occupational disease list," said Huang Hanlin, one of the main drafters of the occupational disease prevention law.