The next time you shop for a stove, the gas versions might show a health warning label similar to those on tobacco products. Because a stove's blue flame releases #AirPollution into your kitchen, #California lawmakers have passed a bill that would require such warning labels on #GasStoves for sale in stores & online.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/13/nx-s1-5003074/climate-gas-stove-health-warning
#new #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #NaturalGas #health #HealthRisks #HealthHazards #polution #gasstove

Houston-based Allied Powder Coating was issued fines totaling more than $338,000 for failing to protect workers from overexposures to dust as well as toxic chemicals such as arsenic, beryllium and lead, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2024/07/03/492626/houston-powder-coating-company-fined-by-osha-for-exposing-employees-to-health-hazards/

#Business #Houston #Local #News #AlliedPowderCoating #HealthHazards #OccupationalSafetyAndHealthAdministration #OSHA #ToxicChemicals #USDepartmentOfLabor

Chemicals in vapes could be highly toxic when heated, research finds | Vaping | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/08/chemicals-in-vapes-could-be-highly-toxic-when-heated-research-finds

#Vapes
#Chemicals
#ToxicChemicals
#HealthHazards
#Irritants
#VolatileCarbonyls
#COPD
#RCSIUniOfMedicineAndHealthSciences
#Flavours
#Teenagers
#YoungAdults
#DeptOfHealth
#DeptOfHealthAndSocialCare

One of the major efforts of #PNWWA as early as now is a draft #MagnaCarta enumerating their rights, which they are lobbying to legislators.

This includes their demands for a #MinimumWage, protection from occupational and #HealthHazards, and inclusion in the #SolidWasteManagement boards in their villages and municipalities. #Philippines #LaborRights #EnvironmentalJustice

#WasteWorkers demand #FairWages, treatment as they form national alliance
https://www.rappler.com/environment/waste-workers-demand-labor-rights-form-national-alliance/

Pesticide firms withheld brain toxicity studies from EU regulators, study finds

Exclusive: The same studies were submitted to US regulators and some are relevant to safety levels, the researchers say...

#Pesticides #PesticideSecrets #HealthHazards

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/01/pesticide-firms-withheld-brain-toxicity-studies-from-eu-regulators-study-finds

#EnvironmentalRacism: The #lifecycle impacts of #fossilfuel #supplychains include the #poisoning of #air, #land, and #water, forcible #displacement from #ancestral lands, violation of #treatyrights, explosions, #industrialaccidents, exposure to significant #healthhazards, #degradedlands, and #socialunrest long after #extraction ceases [14].

"Our findings reveal that erythritol is both associated with incident major adverse cardiovascular events risk and fosters enhanced thrombosis. Studies assessing the long-term safety of erythritol are warranted"
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02223-9#:~:text=Our%20findings%20reveal%20that%20erythritol%20is%20both%20associated%20with%20incident%20MACE%20risk%20and%20fosters%20enhanced%20thrombosis.%20Studies%20assessing%20the%20long%2Dterm%20safety%20of%20erythritol%20are%20warranted

#foodAdditives #artificialSweeteners #toxic #chemicals #processedFood #healthHazards #lowCalorie #warning #caution

Scientists Warn of 'Significant' Climate Effects of Frequent Space Launches https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kbg4y/scientists-warn-of-significant-climate-effects-of-frequent-space-launches #Vice #RSS #News #Bot #carbondioxide #healthhazards #tech-science #pollution #Abstract #launches #rockets #climate #exhaust #Falcon9 #SpaceX #orbit #gas