Investigation finds serious worker safety problems and under-reporting of injuries at Tesla; advocates fight for stronger laws to protect waste collection workers; farm workers take to the streets to protest Trump’s immigration policies; and JetBlue flight attendants vote to unionize.
Affordable Care Act
Study: ACA marketplace led to health care improvements, especially for low-income adults
Another day, another study on the benefits of the Affordable Care Act and the gains we risk losing if the Trump administration succeeds at undermining the law.
My neighbor his addicted to his leaf blower. It’s noisy and air polluting, but must satisfy some need that I don’t understand.
The Trump Administration’s April 2018 may turn out to be one of the worst for its rollback of worker safety protections.
Diversity in the science fields does more than ensure a variety of perspectives and passions in the pursuit of scientific discovery. It also sends a message to young people that science is for everyone.
The U.S. Postal Service released data this week on the number of dog attacks experienced by mail carriers in 2017. Nationwide, the number exceeds 6,200, including some that result in amputations.
Maryland’s appropriations committee gave the State’s OSHA program a chance to admit it doesn’t have the resources needed to do its job. The agency missed the softball questions.
Public Health Practice
Worth reading: A weaponized census, legitimate science, and blame-the-mother stories
Recent pieces address the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Pruitt’s attempt to restrict EPA’s use of science, police shootings of unarmed black men, and more.
Witness for Peace Southeast launched their annual Holy Week pilgrimage through North Carolina to draw attention to social injustices. Their Palm Sunday stop was a gathering with poultry workers in Morganton, NC.
Cal/OSHA
Cal/OSHA’s disappearing field inspector positions: What the California Legislature gives, the Brown Administration takes away
Under orders from Governor Jerry Brown’s Department of Finance, Cal/OSHA has begun cutting field enforcement inspector positions, reversing years of public and legislative efforts to bring California’s workplace safety agency up to the level of personnel and resources enjoyed by Federal and neighboring states’ OSHA agencies.