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Polo Rocha, Texas Tribune 06/29/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Unequal Risk: Slow-Motion Tragedy for American Workers
According to a widely cited University of California, Davis, study, an estimated 53,000 people died in 2007 from on-the-job exposures — outnumbering those killed in suicides, motor vehicle accidents, falls or homicides. More than 400,000 others got sick. The price tag: an estimated $58 billion. OSHA puts the annual toll at more than 50,000 deaths and 190,000 illnesses. An 18-month investigation by the Center for Public Integrity has found that the epidemic of occupational disease in America isn't merely the product of neglect or misconduct by employers. It's the predictable result of a bifurcated system of hazard regulation — one for the general public and another, far weaker, for workers. Risks of cancer and other illnesses considered acceptable at a workplace wouldn't be tolerated outside of it.
Jim Morris, Jamie Smith Hopkins & Maryam Jameel, The Center for Public Integrity 06/29/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn icon
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Unequal Risk: A Tattered Safety Net for Workers
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For many chemicals, legal exposure limits carry high cancer risks. OSHA's limits for known or likely human carcinogens almost always fall far short of protections the government seeks to give the general public. That's according to an analysis by Adam M. Finkel — a former OSHA health regulatory divisions director now at the University of Pennsylvania — and the Center for Public Integrity.
Yue Qiu & Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Center for Public Integrity 06/29/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Unequal Risk: The Campaign to Weaken Worker Protections
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America's flimsy workplace health and safety protections are no accident. Problems that contribute to the daily toll of illnesses, injuries and deaths — from outdated chemical-exposure standards to tiny fines for major violations — come after decades of concerted efforts to delay fixes and weaken the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's authority.
Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Center for Public Integrity 06/29/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Laws/Cases

Lawsuits Filed Over Children Infected with Staph at Alabama Daycare
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Parents of children infected by a likely outbreak of Staph have filed lawsuits against the Alabama daycare where the children caught the infection. The outbreak was caused by the daycare serving contaminated food and ended in 86 children being getting Staph infection. According to the lawsuit, the daycare did not properly store the food it served to the children, leading to the outbreak. One of the lawsuits states that the daycare "acted with gross neglect and reckless disregard to the health and welfare of the children there, specifically in its preparation, transportation, serving, and storing of food."
Amber Sutton, AL.com 06/26/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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County Commissioner Alleges Former Sex Abuse by Scoutmaster in Lawsuit
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The county commissioner for Ramsey County, Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America alleging that he was sexually abused by a scoutmaster as a young man. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Ramsey County District Court and alleges that the plaintiff was sexually abused by his scoutmaster from 1967 to 1971 when he was between the ages of 12 and 16 years old. The scoutmaster was dismissed from the organization in 1971 after he was arrested on charges of sodomy and "indecent liberties" involving a boy. The lawsuit names as defendants the Boy Scouts of America (the national organization) and its local chapter, the Northern Star Council.
Elizabeth Moer, TwinCities.com 06/23/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Priest Files Suit After Sex Abuse Charges Dropped
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A Roman Catholic priest in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit after sex abuse charges against him were dropped. He was accused in the lawsuit of sexually abusing a young boy, but the charges against him were recently dropped. The priest alleges in his lawsuit that local police unfairly targeted him because because of his religion and ethnicity. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff failed to receive due process under the constitution and that he was defamed by a sex abuse victim group.
Joel Currier, St. Louis Post Dispatch 06/26/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Lehman 'Repo' Clients Are Not Customers - U.S. Appeals Court
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A U.S. appeals court said banks that enter repurchase agreements with brokerages do not qualify as "customers" entitled to special legal protections when those brokerages fail, in a case arising from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's 2008 bankruptcy. Monday's decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals may free James Giddens, the trustee liquidating Lehman's brokerage unit, to distribute more money to its unsecured creditors. It also highlights a risk of repurchase agreements, or repos, which are widely used in Corporate America. A repo is where one company sells securities to another, often to fund its business, and agrees to buy them back later at a set price.
JONATHAN STEMPEL, Reuters 06/29/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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Healthcare

MELINDA BECK: How to Take Charge of Your Medical Records
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"For consumers to start requesting and using their health information will be a game-changer for the health-care system," says Christine Bechtel, a consultant for the National Partnership for Women and Families who spearheads the Get My Health Data campaign to get patients to ask doctors for their records. "Once we unlock the data, there's an enormous amount we can do with it."
MELINDA BECK, WSJ Blogs 06/29/2015 Facebook iconTwitter iconLinkedIn Icon
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