health and safety
Trickle-down pollution: The waterways from Chicago to New Orleans
July 8, 2019We can't punish the north to save the south, nor can we ignore the issues caused by the north to continually punish the people living in the south.
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Democratic money bill halts Trump rollback of OSHA beryllium rule
June 19, 2019The bill, with spending for the Departments of Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense and other agencies, is what’s called “a minibus,” where six individual spending bills were combined.
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Airline food service workers voting on strike authorization
June 14, 2019“The health coverage my job provides is frightening. I can’t afford to get sick."
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Climate change could spread dengue fever through southeast U.S.
June 11, 2019'Taking action by investing in vaccine trials and mosquito control, curbing carbon emissions and planning for sustainable population growth and urbanization are crucial steps."
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Ebola confirmed in a city of more than 1 million in Congo
May 20, 2019The global health community gulped Thursday with the announcement that a case of Ebola had been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million.
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