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The Pump Handle

Medicaid is an important program that would suffer if the federal government cut its contributions.

Walmart vs. Costco

As workers converged on Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting in a quest for higher pay and better…
Occupational Health News Roundup

A fire in a Chinese poultry plant with narrow halls and locked exits killed 120 workers;…
“Timeliness” a priority for Obama’s regulatory czar nominee, backlog awaits him

President Obama’s nominee for regulatory czar has an affinity for timeliness. It will be interesting…
IoM proposes national public health research agenda to prevent gun violence

It seems we barely go a week now without news of another violent gun incident. Last…
Lead-poisoned workers: Thousands each year in the US, especially among Hispanic workers

Between 5,000 and 6,000 cases of elevated blood lead levels from workplace exposures are reported each…