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

KFF Health News

. “Employee suffers from heat exhaustion while doing landscaping,” said an investigation into the incident from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. But health policy and occupational health researchers say that worker deaths are not inevitable. 30, when the public comment period closes.

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Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People

KFF Health News

Residents feared the site would not only sink their property values and threaten the environment, but also potentially harm people’s health. Even more, the locations appeared to have been selected in a way that worried civil rights and environmental advocacy groups. Florida Gov.