Nearly 2 million die annually from work-related causes: U.N. study

Work-related diseases and injuries are responsible for nearly 2 million deaths every year, according to a report published Friday by two U.N. agencies.The first joint study by the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization on job-related diseases and injuries from 2000 to 2016 found that most deaths were caused by respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, with 1.9 million lives lost in 2016."It's shocking to see so many people literally being killed by their jobs," WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the report."Our report is a wake-up call to coun…READ FULL ARTICLE