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26 Jan 2020, 11:05 pm
Call 888.373.8301Eligibility Evaluation Epidemiologic Expert Panel Review Studies related to occupational exposure to glyphosate have included farmers, tree nursery workers, forestry workers, and municipal weed-control workers. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 7:17 pm
When the Globe tried to examine just how understaffed the agency is, officials redacted hundreds of pages of records discussing their internal problems. ■ The agency relies almost entirely on voluntary cooperation from the lettuce industry, an approach that has brought about some safety improvements. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:00 am
National/Federal Court Debates Using Shell Companies to Mask Political Donations Bloomberg Law – Kenneth Doyle | Published: 1/10/2020 A federal appeals court panel heard arguments over the use of shell companies to hide donations in a case that could affect super PAC disclosure in the 2020 election. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 6:30 am
All rights reserved under International Copyright Law. [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 12:04 pm
The Court found that Carnival violated the terms of its probation and committed additional violations of environmental laws by discharging waste water (both sewage and grey water), chemicals, and plastic co-mingled with food and trash, as well as illegally burning high sulphur fuel. [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 5:05 am
These recent efforts were primarily spurred by the IARC's (International Agency for Research on Cancer) decision to classify glyphosate as "potentially carcinogenic" in 2015. [read post]
11 Jan 2020, 5:57 am
The American research was broader in scope and had a larger sample size of 3,417 farm workers. [read post]
7 Jan 2020, 9:29 am
In some cases, chemical exposure can result in burns as well as internal damage to the lungs or nervous system. [read post]
29 Dec 2019, 1:36 pm
The law provides for medical monitoring and health assessments of military members who have been exposed to toxic chemicals or airborne contaminants from burn pits. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 12:52 am
A recent Italian ecological mortality study found that workers who have been exposed to PFAS chemicals on the job, such as firefighters and plant operators, were more likely to develop leukemia than a control group. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 12:52 am
A recent Italian ecological mortality study found that workers who have been exposed to PFAS chemicals on the job, such as firefighters and plant operators, were more likely to develop leukemia than a control group. [read post]
15 Dec 2019, 12:12 am
One of the speakers at the forum was a political adviser to President Bashar al-Assad, who has been accused of a series of chemical attacks and indiscriminate bombings of civilian targets in Syria's civil war. [read post]
4 Dec 2019, 7:57 am
Multiple studies of occupational workers exposed to very high levels of PFOA have shown a connection between PFOA and kidney cancer. [read post]
4 Dec 2019, 7:18 am
Victims sometimes bring lawsuits against businesses or railroads for chemical spills or dangerous noise levels that harmed workers causing them to lose their sight or hearing. [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 5:29 am
Metal workers and steel mill jobs with a high risk of asbestos exposure: Assembly Worker Boilermaker Worker Braiser Chemical Operator Cleanup Man Compact Operator Compound Mixer Crane Operator Crude Still Foreman Electrical Engineer Equipment Operator Field Engineer Fireman Flame Cutter Floor Hand Foiler Foreman Forger Forklift Operator Foundry Worker Furnace Operator Gas Welder Gauger General Laborer Heavy Equipment Operator … [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 5:29 am
Call 205.328.9200 Asbestos Screening Metal Workers Most at Risk of Asbestos Exposure The latest statistics for yearly deaths released by the International Commission of Occupational Health included 34,270 fatalities from lung cancer, 3,161 from mesothelioma, 443 from larynx cancer, and 613 from chronic asbestosis. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 5:52 am
Animal and human studies link the chemicals to liver damage 1970s - Although research by 3M finds that the PFAS and PFOS are toxic, military sites, civilian airports, and firefighting training centers start using AFFF worldwide 1975 - 3M is informed that PFAS is accumulating in human blood 1978 - 3M and DuPont become aware that PFAS is accumulating in occupationally exposed workers' blood and body tissues, causing elevated liver enzyme 1981 - 3M releases internal… [read post]
26 Oct 2019, 8:52 am
One doctor told The New York Times looked like the kind of change in lung tissue one would expect to see in a worker who inhaled toxic chemical fumes in an industrial accident or a victim of chemical weapons like the mustard gas used in WWI. [read post]
25 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
Dow is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chemicals and has a history of violating environmental rules. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 5:47 am
Many companies conducted internal health studies where the deadly effects of their products were proven, but chose to hide the results from the public and continued favoring profits over the health of their workers. [read post]
