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Worth reading: Lessons from Texas, H7N9, and putting pedestrians first
Posted by Liz Borkowski on April 25, 2013 A few recent pieces worth a look
Occupational Health News Roundup
Posted by Liz Borkowski on April 11, 2013 Wage theft, employee misclassification, and unsafe workplaces are alarmingly common in the Texas construction industry; the Philadelphia City Council fails to override a veto of a paid sick leave law; and immigrant workers in the US with temporary visas face uncertainty.
Series worth re-reading: Visits to Texas worker centers
Posted by The Pump Handle on December 31, 2012 While we’re on vacation, we’re re-posting some of our past content. Kim Krisberg’s series of posts on worker centers in Texas is well worth a second read.
The secret (and amazing) world of public health laboratories
Posted by The Pump Handle on February 28, 2012 by Kim Krisberg Walking around a public health laboratory is seriously cool. Giant humming machines, rows of test tubes and small, round dishes containing specimens with hard-to-pronounce names, biohazard warnings and emergency shower stations, an egg incubator and liquid nitrogen generator, people in protective gear with bulky white hoods and face shields. Oh, and boxes…