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Garage cited for exposing workers to harmful chemicals
A complaint investigation found that Transport Tech LLC failed to provide employees with an effective training program, including information on appropriate handling and safe use of hazardous chemicals...
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Breast cancer risk for female firefighters studied
When firefighters rush out the firehouse doors, sirens screeching on the way to fight fires, they put their lives on the line in more ways than one. In responding to roughly 28,000 fire calls a year,...
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Companies face costly fines for failing to protect workers
Workers exposed to combustible dust and other hazards at Illinois cornstarch processing facility PARIS, Ill. – Workers were exposed to combustible cornstarch dust, dust particles in excess of...
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Shop owners switch to cancer-free business
When Myra Vargas and her husband took over a dry-cleaning business in Jamaica Plain last spring, they had to make a tough decision: whether to use a common chemical called perchloroethylene, known as...
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Fracking wells leak toxic chemicals: Study
Oil and gas wells across the country are spewing “dangerous” cancer-causing chemicals into the air, according to a new study that further corroborates reports of health problems around hydraulic...
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These 10 jobs are bad for your lungs: Experts
Your lungs work hard. Most adults take more than 20,000 breaths a day. But just how well your lungs do their job may be affected by the job you do. Chemicals. Germs. Tobacco smoke and dirt. Fibers,...
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Formaldehyde a new worry about e-cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes can produce more formaldehyde than regular cigarettes A preliminary study in the New England Journal of Medicine raises a new worry about electronic cigarettes – exposure to...
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TCE contamination suit ends in settlement
IBM Corp. will settle a lawsuit brought by 1,000 plaintiffs who alleged that toxic spills from the company’s former Endicott manufacturing plant caused illnesses and deaths, damaged property values and...
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Hair salon exposed workers to formaldehyde threats, suit alleges
NEW YORK – All a receptionist at Salon Zoë hair salon wanted to do was make her fellow employees aware of health hazards associated with products containing formaldehyde that were regularly used by...
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Lawsuits allege company sold floors that release formaldehyde
Los Angeles, CA — It’s bad enough to be facing a parade of lawsuits ranging from allegations of stock price affectations to defective products. However, when Anderson Cooper and the venerable 60...
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Builders oppose OSHA’s proposed silica rule
In a classic tug-of-war between keeping contractors safe on the job and the cost of that safety, builders are battling the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over its proposed standards for...
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Nail salons expose workers to toxic chemicals
US salons will employ more than 100,000 workers by 2022 When New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, JD, announced that her office was releasing a report on nail salons last year, it was anything...
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Toxic substances a hazard for welders at manufacturing company
OSHA finds Imperial Industries ignores rules to prevent toxic exposure Workers welding stainless steel and other alloy steels containing chromium metal at a Wisconsin bulk storage tank manufacturer...
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There is a safety app for that
As technology continues to evolve, workplace safety needs to adapt as well. That’s why cell-phone apps designed for oh&s functions have become important in the marketplace. New programs for...
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Breathing contaminated air poses an occupational health and safety threat Over the past few decades, there have been many improvements in offices when it comes to indoor air quality. Remember when...
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