health and safety
Study finds alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” in small estuaries
January 29, 2024“The increasing proportion of wastewater to fresh water in streams, a trend projected to extrapolate to temperate regions due to climate change, consequently leads to chronic exposure of estuaries to elevated PFAS concentrations."
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Global warming linked to a spate of rare disease outbreaks in 2023
January 4, 2024The temperature-sensitive pathogens that caught U.S. communities off guard are a grim preview of the future.
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Railroad workers intimidated into putting speed ahead of safety
December 19, 2023Rail bosses enforce a system that jeopardizes employees and communities.
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Michigan’s controversial Line 5 pipeline creeps closer to the finish line
December 11, 2023Opponents have called the decision by the state's Public Service Commission "disastrous" and "reprehensible."
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Pope Francis: Corporate dehumanization of workers causes deaths, injuries
September 14, 2023He slams corporations that diminish the humanity of workers by turning them into “production machines.”
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