Health hazards of rearing silk worms and environmental impact assessment of rearing households of Kashmir, India

The paper is an endeavor to study the role and importance of sericulture in Kashmir together with the issue of occupational health problems and their causes in the rearing units of Kashmir. The objective of this paper is to review the status of rearers, health risk factors and related occupational health problems in the rearing units. In the current study an attempt has been made to study the environmental impact caused by these units. Certain measures have been suggested that can improve the economic conditions of the rearers which may ultimately reduce the health risk factors among the rearers.