health and safety – Page 41

Masks, gloves – the ocean is filling up with COVID trash

June 19, 2020 By Joseph Winters

“It has been really disgusting to watch the plastic industry exploit people’s fears, when everyone is just trying to understand what they need to do to keep safe."

Study of key nations: Pandemic could have been 90 times worse

June 18, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

"There have been huge personal costs to staying home and canceling events, but the data show that each day made a profound difference.”

Black environmentalists are organizing against worldwide injustice

June 17, 2020 By Grist staff

Environmental injustice is not a single issue. Rather, it's a constellation of issues including discrimination in housing, jobs, and healthcare.

Trans Mountain pipeline spews 50,000 gallons of oil on indigenous land

June 15, 2020 By Olivia Rosane

"We cannot continue to have our land desecrated by oil spills."

Conn. health workers demand PPE, honor their lost

June 8, 2020 By Gil Netter

Over 200 health care workers, family members, and supporters rallied “for safety, protection, and respect in the workplace and raising awareness of health care professionals’ concerns that without proper personal protective equipment (PPE), communities are at...