health and safety
Personal stories, bipartisan House vote send anti-workplace violence bill to Senate
April 20, 2021Unions are preparing to lobby lawmakers again.
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New satellite network to locate and monitor methane super-emitters
April 16, 2021Between 2016 and 2018, using airplane-based instruments, scientists found 600 "super-emitters" were to blame for more than one-third of the state's methane pollution.
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S.F. Giants demand food service workers sign COVID ‘release of liability’ form
April 13, 2021The San Francisco Giants Opening Day was Friday, April 9. The Giants had been doing a full court press (sorry to mix in basketball metaphors) for days on end about how safe the stadium would be...
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U.S. military had ‘clandestine burning’ of toxic chemicals in low-income neighborhoods, study finds
March 26, 2021"In defiance of common sense and environmental expertise, the Department of Defense (DOD) has enlisted poor communities across the U.S. as unwilling test subjects in its toxic experiment."
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Hospital bosses still putting profits over patients after a year of pandemic
March 11, 202181% of registered nurses surveyed report they are still re-using what are supposed to be single-use protective gear.
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