health and safety
Another oil rig explodes
September 2, 2010Another offshore oil rig exploded and burned in the Gulf of Mexico Sept. 2, 80 miles south of the Louisiana coast.
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BP admits guilt in Texas City safety violations
August 13, 2010BP has finally agreed to pay millions in fines and repairs for its deadly 2005 refinery blast - but the whole industry is "a mess," the Steelworkers union says.
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Probe of Massey mine disaster has ways to go
August 12, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - Top federal mine safety officials say the government's investigation of what happened - and why - at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where a huge explosion and fire killed 29...
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UN water vote seen as triumph for Bolivia’s Morales
August 12, 2010Bolivia's president won praise July 28 when the UN General Assembly approved a groundbreaking Bolivian resolution on the right of all human beings to water and sanitation.
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Americans are dying to eat
August 12, 2010Despite evidence that they may cause cancer, food manufacturers continue to pour about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the American food supply every year.
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