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Category: Worker Health and Safety

Paint strippers are displayed on a shelf in a hardware store.
Posted inUnequal Risk

After a years-long fight, EPA broadens ban on deadly chemical

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins May 1, 2024May 1, 2024

It can kill on the spot or years after prolonged exposure.  When methylene chloride’s fumes build up, the chemical switches off the brain’s respiratory center, asphyxiating its victims if it doesn’t trigger a heart attack first. At lower levels, the federal government says, it increases the risk of multiple types of cancer. And despite a […]

Posted inUnequal Risk

Three families vowed to stop a killer chemical. Here’s how they did it.

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Paint strippers are displayed on a shelf in a hardware store.
Posted inUnequal Risk

The EPA wants to broaden a ban on a deadly chemical on store shelves

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins April 26, 2023April 26, 2023
A skyline view of downtown Akron, Ohio.
Posted inHealth

It was the Rubber Capital of the World. The health consequences linger.

Yanick Rice Lamb by Yanick Rice Lamb May 17, 2022April 17, 2023
A look at the desolate Industrial Excess Landfill in Uniontown, Ohio.
Posted inWorker Health and Safety

Inside the decades-long fight over an Ohio Superfund site

Yanick Rice Lamb by Yanick Rice Lamb August 18, 2021April 17, 2023
Public health workers, doctors and nurses protest over lack of sick pay and personal protective equipment
Posted inWorker Health and Safety

On a day to mourn workers who died on the job, COVID-19 looms large

by Jim Morris April 28, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inHealth

‘Unintended consequences’: The rubber industry’s toxic legacy in Akron

Yanick Rice Lamb by Yanick Rice Lamb March 5, 2021April 17, 2023
Posted inWorkers’ Rights

McDonald’s, Marriott franchises didn’t pay COVID-19 sick leave. That was illegal.

by Alexia Fernández Campbell  August 3, 2020January 28, 2022
Posted inWorker Health and Safety

Extreme heat doesn’t stop the mail — even at the cost of postal workers’ health

by Maryam Jameel August 6, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inFatal Flaws

A new federal audit shows some optimism about changes at Kentucky OSHA

by Eleanor Klibanoff July 18, 2019July 18, 2019
Posted inFatal Flaws

Ky. worker safety leaders promise grieving families they’ll do better

by Eleanor Klibanoff May 16, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inFatal Flaws

Kentucky worker safety commissioner acknowledges failures, and promises change

by Eleanor Klibanoff April 17, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inUnequal Risk

EPA restricts sales of deadly paint strippers after years of delays

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 15, 2019January 6, 2023
Posted inFatal Flaws

KY OSH promises to ‘raise the bar’ with training and pay raises

by Eleanor Klibanoff February 1, 2019February 1, 2019
Posted inFatal Flaws

‘Unacceptable’ worker safety issues under review in Kentucky

by Eleanor Klibanoff January 8, 2019January 28, 2022
paint stripper safety
Posted inUnequal Risk

Restrictions on deadly paint strippers near the finish line

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins January 8, 2019January 28, 2022
Posted inUnequal Risk

Some paint strippers are killing people. The EPA promised to act — but hasn’t.

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins December 14, 2018January 6, 2023
Posted inFatal Flaws, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights

A teenager dies on the job. His family’s work begins

by The Center for Public Integrity November 12, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inFatal Flaws

In Kentucky, deregulation and worker safety collide

by Eleanor Klibanoff November 12, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inFatal Flaws, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights

Fatal flaws: How Kentucky fails its workers

by The Center for Public Integrity November 12, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inFatal Flaws

‘The good, the bad and the ugly’ of state worker safety programs

by Jim Morris November 12, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

Asbestos concerns arise at the Federal Election Commission

by Dave Levinthal August 28, 2018January 28, 2022
Posted inUnequal Risk

Lowe’s says it will stop selling deadly paint removers

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins May 29, 2018January 6, 2023
Posted inUnequal Risk

Methodology of Unequal Risk investigation

by The Center for Public Integrity May 29, 2018January 6, 2023
Posted inUnequal Risk

Reversing course, the EPA will regulate a deadly paint stripper

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins May 10, 2018January 6, 2023
Posted inUnequal Risk

Members of Congress to EPA: Act now on deadly chemical

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 29, 2018January 6, 2023
Posted inUnequal Risk

The EPA planned to ban a deadly paint-stripping chemical. Will it follow through?

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins March 26, 2018January 6, 2023
Posted inUnequal Risk

EPA wants to restrict sometimes-deadly paint stripper chemical

Avatar photo by Jamie Smith Hopkins January 12, 2017January 6, 2023
Posted inUnequal Risk, Worker Health and Safety, Workers’ Rights

Commentary: Update of Toxic Substances Control Act a worthy step that’s long overdue

by Jim Morris May 27, 2016January 7, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights

Dying depositions

by Jie Jenny Zou March 28, 2016January 28, 2022

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