Reefer Madness: Death of Cannabis Worker
Last January 4, 2022, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts and…
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Last January 4, 2022, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts and…
Families and public interest groups are suing EPA over the agency's failure to completely ban Methylene Chloride
As Confined Space readers know, the solvent Methylene Chloride has killed dozens of workers and consumers who used the material…
American workers drilling for oil have dirty, dangerous jobs that often kills them. In return, they're covered by weaker OSHA…
The High Price of Clean Rooms: Thousands of Marriott hotel workers are on strike in 23 hotels in Detroit, Boston, San…
Check out my commentary on The Century Foundation’s website on EPA’s foot-dragging on banning the use of methylene chloride as…
Michaels to Musk: Manage safety at Tesla and production will fall into line: Former OSHA head Dr. David Michaels has penned…
The workplace safety movement lost two of its heroes over in March — one fairly well known (enough to get…
Methylene chloride kills. We wrote about 21-year old Kevin Hartley last June. He died last April 29 — Workers Memorial…
OSHA may have strong principles about not issuing press releases that might embarrass companies that endanger or kill workers, but…