Environment
The Disturbing Link Between Environmental Racism and Criminalization
How powerful institutions are criminalizing populations by locking people up and deeming them undeserving of clean air, water and healthy housing. The...
Australia Will Lose to Climate Change
Australia is caught in a climate spiral. For the past few decades, the arid and affluent country of 25 million has padded out its economy—otherwise ...
Registration Opens for Safety 2020 in Orlando
Registration is open for the nation’s largest conference for occupational safety and health professionals. The American Society of Safety Profession...
‘It’s Going to be a Blast Furnace’: Australia Fires Intensify
Calling for evacuations along the southeastern coast, officials said the next few days would be among the worst yet in an already catastrophic fire se...
Environmental Damage Exacerbates Jakarta Flooding Amid Record Rainfall
Record-breaking rainfall hit Jakarta and its satellite cities on New Year’s Eve, causing widespread flooding and leading to at least 19 deaths, auth...
Dirty Air and the Human Brain: Does Pollution Poison the Mind?
Air pollution is known to be a serious health risk –a cause of asthma, heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and a factor, according to the W...
Japan is Considering to Dump Radioactive Water from Fukushima Into the Pacific Ocean
According to TOI, the new proposal stated the methods have been implemented previously, after the core meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979 to dispos...
Webinar: Protect Your Staff and Your Workplace with Optoelectronic Devices
Safety managers know that the proper use of optoelectronic sensors protect their staff and capital goods – safely, efficiently and economically....
Inspect FR Clothing for Wear & Tear
Flame-resistant (FR) doesn’t last forever. Since FR clothing can be expensive to replace, it’s usually best to repair these garments whenever poss...
NFPA 652 Standard on Fundamentals of Combustible Dust
Apply the revised edition of NFPA 652 to mitigate fire, flash fire, and explosion hazards. Combustible dust-related fires and explosions are a global ...
New Year’s Resolutions to Improve Safety at Your Workplace
Each new year brings about new resolutions that range from the achievable to the downright absurd. Most resolutions tend to center around personal wel...
FAA Announces New Rule Implementing Drone Safety Technology
“As a pilot, my eye is always on safety first,” said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson in a statement. A new proposed rule will require all drones i...