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The ‘Horror Story’ of Hazardous Waste in a Small Pennsylvania Town

Environmental Health News

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. RCRA is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which regulates hazardous waste. Our mission is to protect human health and the environment. But on Jan.

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How a Proposed Federal Heat Rule Might Have Saved These Workers’ Lives

KFF Health News

” Two days later, her brother, Jose Leandro-Barrera, died at age 45 with acute kidney failure caused by heatstroke, according to a report from the Hillsborough County medical examiner. Laborers have suffered as summers have grown progressively hotter with climate change. 30, when the public comment period closes.