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Golf, Pesticides and a Father’s Death
Harold Nisker can be seen on a 1980s home video, golf club in hand, at a course back-dropped by the Rocky Mountains in Banff, Alberta. "I think the greens are very bad. And I can't putt," he says to the camera. "Other than that I'm having a great time."
Safety Agency Probes Data Breach Amid Complaints About Muzzling of Hazard Information
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is struggling to contain the fallout from a data breach involving thousands of companies, highlighting the tension between the agency's mandate to protect consumers and to prevent reputational damage to product makers.
Worker Advocates Burned Up Over Lack of Federal Heat Protections
On a summer morning near Dayton, Ohio, a temporary worker began his first day with a commercial roofing company around 6:30 a.m.
Soaring Costs But Meager Progress in Cleanup of ‘Scariest’ Nuclear Sites
The progress of a Department of Energy program to clean up the nation’s most dangerous nuclear waste sites appears to be slowing down even though it’s still devouring billions of dollars.
Job-Related Falls Should Be Easy to Prevent, But Workers Are Still Dying in Record Numbers
Last August, Higinio Romero was working on the roof of a condo in South Florida when he slipped and fell two stories, landing on rocks below. Emergency workers found him unconscious and bleeding from his ears. Romero — a father of two children, 4 months old and 10 years old — died about an hour later. According to a sheriff’s report, he had unclipped his safety harness shortly before the fall.
Tracking the Cost in Lives of Higher Speed Limits
The federal government’s 1995 decision to allow states to set speed limits higher than 65 mph caused almost 14,000 additional deaths over 25 years on interstates and freeways, according to a new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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In the Drive for Robot Cars, Will Regulators Keep Their Hands on the Wheel?
By Ben Kelley on February 7, 2017
Few cabinet members can claim the distinction of shaping a revolution. But that opportunity will fall to Elaine Chao, President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Transportation. She assumes her new role at the dawn of the autonomous motor vehicle era, which promises to truly revolutionize the movement of people and goods by road…
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