Previously: “OSHA is ineffective because it has been starved of resources from the start and really never got proper funding and staffing and saw reductions during the Trump years. Even today, now that it’s more than a half-century old, it is still ridiculously understaffed.”
Sweden joined NATO in Washington on Thurs, 2yrs after #Russia's #invasion of Ukraine forced it to rethink its #NationalSecurity policy & conclude …the #alliance was the Scandinavian nation's best guarantee of #safety.
PM Ulf Kristersson handed over the final documentation to the #UnitedStates govt on Thurs, the last step… to secure the backing… to join the #military alliance.
Tesla’s Fremont factory was “the plantation” over racist abuse, but that wasn’t enough for Elon Musk.
Workers building his Boring Company tunnels have been using the same language over the terrible and unsafe working conditions they’re being subjected to.
Cancer factories: Toxic chemicals remain a well-documented, potentially lethal threat to workers thanks to a weak OSHA and lax standards, says #Texas investigative reporter in a new book. Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen interviewed the author. https://www.texasobserver.org/cancer-goodyear-dupont?utm_campaign=mastodon
Cancer factories: Toxic chemicals remain a well-documented, potentially lethal threat to workers thanks to a weak OSHA and lax standards, says #Texas investigative reporter in a new book. Senior Writer and Editor Lise Olsen interviewed the author. https://www.texasobserver.org/cancer-goodyear-dupont?utm_campaign=mastodon
@palestine
Gender alert: The gendered impact of the crisis in Gaza
Description : "Since 7 October 2023, more than 24,620 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, 70 per cent of whom were women or children. More than 1.9 million people — 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza — have been displaced, including what UN Women estimates to be nearly 1 million women and girls."
Experts at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continue to be denied access to the reactor halls of units 1, 2, and 6 of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)
These restrictions are impeding the #IAEA’s ability to assess the safety & security, confirming reported status of reactor units, spent fuel ponds & safety equipment