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On the back of an envelope: The water benefits of an efficient toilet
On the back of an envelope: The water benefits of an efficient toiletHere is the second in what will be a series of posts on how little things like changes in technology we take for granted, or simple...
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Study: Industrial food-animal workers test positive for livestock-associated...
Study: Industrial food-animal workers test positive for livestock-associated MRSAIn a recent study comparing workers at industrial livestock operations and those employed at antibiotic-free livestock...
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OSHA issues new whistleblower protections for food industry workersWhen President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law in 2011, it was described as the most sweeping reform of...
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Occupational Health News RoundupSerious health problems are driving workers at a car part manufacturer in Alabama to call for a union. In an in-depth article for NBC News, reporter Seth Freed Wessler...
View ArticleNew York City’s restaurant letter-grading system improved food safety,...
New York City’s restaurant letter-grading system improved food safety, researchers findIn 2010, New York City health officials launched a new food safety tactic that assigned restaurants an...
View ArticleAchoo!! No paid sick leave for 91% of Arkansas poultry workers
Achoo!! No paid sick leave for 91% of Arkansas poultry workersConsumers beware! A survey of 500 poultry-processing workers in Arkansas found that 62 percent said they have gone to work when they were...
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Poultry company priorities: Vegetarian meals for the chickens, but their...
Poultry company priorities: Vegetarian meals for the chickens, but their workers still can’t use the bathroomThis week’s announcement by Allen Harim Foods offers another upsetting example of a poultry...
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"Holding it": Tyson, Perdue workers denied bathroom breaksIt wasn’t too long ago that OSHA issued a citation to Allen Harim Foods, a poultry producer in Delaware, for failing to give their workers...
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Popeyes, KFC’s supplier has sanitation problem, Senator takes notice of...
Popeyes, KFC’s supplier has sanitation problem, Senator takes notice of unsafe conditionsDrivers honked and waved. They gave thumbs up to the 30 people on the sidewalk. The group was holding signs...
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Throwback Thursday: Hurricanes and putrid refrigerators
Throwback Thursday: Hurricanes and putrid refrigeratorsIt’s been nearly a month since Hurricane Harvey made landfall on August 25 off the Gulf coast of Texas. The Houston Chronicle continues its...
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