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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. So for example, we have generations of people who are engaged in laboring like caste occupations such as weaving, shepherding, farming, tanning, fishing, amongst many. Pradnya Garud Yeah.

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This Bill Aims To Help Firefighters With Cancer. Getting It Passed Is Just the Beginning.

KFF Health News

The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act is considered crucial by its supporters, with climate change fueling an increase in wildfire frequency and firefighting deemed carcinogenic by the World Health Organization. What is clear is that, for legislation tying benefits to service-related health conditions, the devil is in the details.

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Three years on, still assessing the health, legal aspects of Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire

NC Health News

Nearly 6,500 people were told to flee their homes in the middle of the night for their health and safety. The company also violated Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards related to its storage of ammonium nitrate. Did the fire affect health? The place was a mess.