{"id":11526,"date":"2025-07-22T07:42:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=11526"},"modified":"2025-07-20T17:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:51:01","slug":"__trashed-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/07\/22\/__trashed-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispatches: Some Great Reading to Fire You Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>I&#8217;ll taking a break for the next couple of weeks (and <em>hopefully<\/em> away from the computer.) But just because there&#8217;s nothing new and exciting to read at <em>Confined Space<\/em>, doesn&#8217;t mean you have to sink into boredom and despondency. Check out all of the great articles (and a podcast) from this country&#8217;s great journalists who enlightening the public about the damage this administration (and its corporate allies) are doing to worker safety and health.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fumedpodcast.com\/\">Fumed<\/a>, Public Health Watch: A great podcast from <em>Public Health Watch<\/em> about the people who live in the shadows of America\u2019s chemical plants and oil refineries.<\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"headline\">Weakening of OSHA and Worker Protections<\/h2>\n<p data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frousa.org\/2025\/07\/16\/osha-just-reduced-the-value-of-a-workers-life-inside-climate-news\/\">OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker\u2019s Life<\/a>, Liza Gross, <em>Inside Climate News<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"link-3e708053\" class=\"css-88wicj e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/16\/us\/epa-trump-asbestos-ban-delay.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share\">E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos<\/a>, <span class=\"byline-prefix\">\u00a0<\/span>Hiroko Tabuchi,\u00a0 <em>New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ContentHeaderHed-NCyCC iUEiRd lacvSi hRWzyk\" data-testid=\"ContentHeaderHed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/trump-administration-is-making-all-of-our-jobs-more-dangerous\">How The Trump Administration Is Making All of Our Jobs More Dangerous<\/a>, Kim Kelly, <em>Teen Vogue<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleTitle_root__VrZaG ArticleTitle_featureOrTwoCol__TRUC3 ArticleTitle_twoCol__8npP_\" data-flatplan-title=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2025\/07\/trumps-gold-standard-doubt-science\/683590\/?gift=PEnpTpOJyJ9ob30-s3SCSirlAc1v-tsg8ypb35Yx-ks&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share\">Trump\u2019s <strong>\u2018<\/strong>Gold Standard\u2019 for Science,\u00a0 Manufactures Doubt<\/a>, David Michaels, <em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"ContentHeaderHed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.adz3920\">Fool\u2019s gold<\/a> (The Demise of Science),\u00a0<span class=\"authors\"><span role=\"list\"><span role=\"listitem\">David\u00a0Michaels<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span role=\"listitem\">Wendy Wagner, <em>Science<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"fdn-content-headline uk-margin-remove\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/news\/trump-administration-wants-to-spike-safety-rules-for-entertainment-workers-citing-seaworld-orlando-osha-case-as-support-39878140\">Trump administration wants to spike safety rules for entertainment workers \u2014 citing SeaWorld Orlando OSHA case as support<\/a>, \u00a0McKenna Schueler,<em> Orlando Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"fw500 md:fw500 lg:fw500 block standardHeadlineSm sm:standardHeadlineMd lg:standardHeadlineLg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/california\/article\/yolo-county-fireworks-explosion-company-license-20422507.php\">Owner of fireworks company linked to deadly explosion was denied federal license<\/a>, Matthias Gafni<span class=\"lg:largeTimestamp smallTimestamp c-gray700 lg:fs16\">,\u00a0<\/span>Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle<\/p>\n<h2>The Demise of NIOSH<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-4xl md:text-45xl lg:text-5xl leading-tighter pb-2 font-lyon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/article\/trump-silica-rule-coal-miners-union\">Trump Just Escalated His War on Coal Miners. Their Unions Are Fighting Back<\/a>, Kim Kelley, <em>In These Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2025\/04\/16\/niosh-cdc-workforce-layoffs-h5n1-bird-flu-worker-safety-occupational-health\/\">The CDC\u2019s critical occupational safety institute has been virtually wiped out<\/a>, <span class=\"author-name\">Meghan F. Davis<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"author-name\">Kirsten Koehler<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"author-name\">Judy Bass<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"author-name\">Julie Sorensen<\/span>, and\u00a0<span class=\"author-name\">Gurumurthy Ramachandran,<em> Stat News<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"link-ba372a8\" class=\"css-185ahps e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/19\/well\/black-lung-appalachia-coal-miners.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QU8.wt2x.cc1exRyViOLm&amp;smid=bs-share\">How Black Lung Came Roaring Back to Coal Country<\/a>, <span class=\"css-1baulvz last-byline\">Kate Morgan, <em>New York Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-testid=\"headline\">OSHA Heat Standard<\/h2>\n<p data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/03072025\/osha-heat-injury-protection-hearings\/\">Will the Trump Administration Save Workers from Preventable Overheating Deaths?<\/a>, Liza Gross, <em>Inside Climate News<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"link-41fb10b2\" class=\"css-88wicj e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/25\/climate\/david-keeling-osha-heat-ups-amazon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.tU5Q.QbOr4BJm8yis&amp;smid=url-share\">Trump\u2019s OSHA Nominee Has a History With Heat and UPS Drivers<\/a>, Hiroko Tabuchi, <em>New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/inside-trumps-purge-of-federal-heat-experts\/\">Inside Trump\u2019s purge of federal heat experts<\/a>, Ariel Wittenberg, <em>E&amp;E News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/employers-to-osha-dont-kill-the-heat-rule-weaken-it\/\">Employers to OSHA: Don\u2019t kill the heat rule<\/a>. Weaken it, Ariel Wittenberg, <em>E&amp;E News<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/workers-have-died-in-extreme-heat-as-osha-has-debated-protections\/\">Workers Have Died in Extreme Heat as OSHA Has Debated Protections<\/a>, Ariel Wittenberg, <em>Scientific American<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>The Demise of the Chemical Safety Board<\/h2>\n<p id=\"link-1f80f2d7\" class=\"css-88wicj e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/08\/climate\/chemical-safety-investigator-trump-cuts.html\">Trump Wants to Kill a Chemical Safety Board. Chemical Makers Object<\/a>, Hiroko Tabuchi,\u00a0 <em>New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"title-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chemicalprocessing.com\/safety-security\/risk-assessment\/news\/55296583\/chemical-industry-pushes-back-on-trump-plan-to-axe-safety-watchdog\">Chemical Industry Pushes Back on Trump Plan to Axe Safety Watchdog<\/a>, Jonathan Katz, <em>Chemical Processing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article309981300.html#storylink=cpy\">How cuts at the federal level can affect finding answers to the Esparto explosion<\/a>, Joe Rubin, <em>Sacramento Bee<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/trump-shutdown-chemical-safety-watchdog-100002410.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9nby5ic2t5LmFwcC8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG2paj_4wI7pzFcsQntQRrez_lGLu2SO29SS9SguOZramQmYcyOoe2ZIVOHreOHDTDb32niO06G7aB_dB02a8_vUPh_Bjz-LssOtPPwO8PZqeA67RH-jrhPPIUS_g2yJo4bj4qdXM9TO2y1KOXJJWT9QXFUBfQ4aNruY35GHjMJ2\">Trump shutdown of chemical safety watchdog could mean \u2018more explosions, more deaths\u2019 in Cancer Alley<\/a>, Tristan Baurick, <em>Louisiana Illuminator<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-intro-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/safety\/industrial-safety\/White-House-moves-kill-chemical\/103\/web\/2025\/07\">White House moves to kill chemical safety board, despite industry support<\/a>, Jeff Johnson, <em>Chemical and Engineering News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll taking a break for the next couple of weeks (and hopefully away from the computer.) 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