连日来,河北白沟镇等地的皮制品加工作坊接连发生苯中毒事件,数名女工因此丧命,很多打工者患严重的职业病。国务院对此非常重视,已派工作组到各地调查处理,几名直接责任人已被拘留。然而这些事件并不是劳动、卫生等职能部门依法查出来的,而先是新闻媒体曝光,然后有关部门紧急行动才得以查出事情的真相。这些违法企业长期进行违法生产,致民工生命安全于不顾,当地职能部门竟毫无知觉!白沟镇一名领导竟说:“要不是报道出来,我们根本就不知道发生了这件事。劳动者应该 In recent days, leather products processing workshops in Baigou Town, Hebei Province, have witnessed benzene poisoning in succession. Several female workers therefore lost their lives. Many workers suffer from serious occupational diseases. The State Department attaches great importance to this and has sent a working group to investigate and handle it in various places. Several direct responsible persons have been detained. However, these incidents are not detected by labor, health and other functional departments in accordance with the law, but are exposed by the news media first and then the emergency action of relevant departments can detect the truth of the matter. These illegal enterprises have long been engaged in illegal production and neglected the safety of migrant workers, leaving local authorities unconscious! A leader at Baigou actually said: ”If it is not reported, we do not know it happened." Workers should