Tag Archives: Occupational safety and health

California Wildfires Result in 12000 Evacuations

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Over 134,000 acres are lost due to wildfires. The State of California has been stuck in this mess. The fires have engulfed wide areas of the state and the destruction is still taking place. The...

Wildfires Air Pollution Could Increase Heart Problems

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The air pollution resulting from forest fires run amok may cause problems in heart patients and furthermore increase chances of a heart attack in otherwise normal and healthy people. The thick and...

Miners Trapped in South Africa Refuse Rescue out of Fears of Arrest

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As many as 200 miners were trapped in a gold mine in South Africa over the weekend. The miners were working illegally in an abandoned gold mine near Johannesburg. Some of the miners were rescued from...

NSF Research Funding Under the Microscope

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In a commentary last year in the journal Science, a British bureaucrat denounced “attacks” on social science research by American politicians and others.  Perhaps worried...

Amazon Fires Destroying Rainforest

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NASA scientists have calculated that slow-burning fires in the rainforests have led to a major percentage of loss of lush vegetation. These fires slowly creep up on the plant material and engulf it...