Asbestos: Still a Killer
Photo by Earl Dotter. www.earldotter.com Hear much about asbestos lately? Think it’s one of those hazards from the past? Think again. An estimated 50,000 workers die every year from illness acquired in...
View ArticleDispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Animal Agriculture is Dangerous Animal agriculture Is dangerous work and the people who do it have few protections, according to a 5-part series by Civil Eats. And as we all know, federal OSHA...
View ArticleAsbestos: Still Legal and Still Killing
Asbestos dust hung in the air, collected on the beams and light fixtures and built up until it was inches thick. Workers tramped in and out of it all day, often without protective suits or masks, and...
View ArticleEPA Bans Asbestos: Long Overdue, But More Work to be Done
I am often critical of OSHA’s failure to move forward on life-saving standards. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is showing us what a reasonably well-funded agency supported by a good law...
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