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2004 News
- The EPA Turns a Blind Eye on Plans to Demolish Several
Buildings Damaged on 9/11 - WBAI Health Action, December
20, 2004
- Young Worker Occupational Safety - The Montel Williams
Show with Susan O’Brien, December 17, 2004
- What’s Wrong with the Ashcroft - Hatch - Frist -
Specter Asbestos Company Bail-Out Bill? - WBAI Health Action,
December 13, 2004
- Attorney General
Spitzer Urges Unions To Use Environmental Laws for Job Safety
- Daily Environment Report, December 9, 2004
- The World Trade Center Health Registry
- Gotham Gazette, December 2004
- Anatomy of the 9/11
Risk-Communication Fiasco - SEJournal, November 2004
- Ground Zero Community
Wants Answers, Cleanup for Lingering 9/11 Contamination
- Occupational Hazards.com, October 26, 2004
- Faith Groups Share Resources
- Disaster News Network, October 24, 2004
- Trust Fund Bill
Would Exclude Many Asbestos Victims: Medical Criteria Used
by Senate Are Outdated, Incomplete, Critics Say - St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, October 10, 2004
- Ergonomics, OSHA Rulemaking Haunt
2004 Election - Occupational Hazards, October 7, 2004
- Report Reveals Truth about 9/11
Fallout: PEF Partners with Sierra Club in Ground Zero Cleanup
-The Communicator, October 2004
- The Gold
Standard -New Solutions, October 2004
- Bush is Back and So Are Protesters
- Metro, September 21, 2004
- More Environmental Concerns at World
Trade Center Site - Free Speech Radio News, September
17, 2004
- Report: Government's
9/11 Response Poses Long-Term Health Risks - Occupational
Hazards.com, August 25, 2004
- Medical Help Made Available To
Workers Who Need It Most - Queens Chronicle, July 29,
2004
- Groups Launch Worker Health Project
Aimed at New York Immigrant Community - BNA Occupational
Safety and Health Reporter, July 28, 2004
- WTC Air Quality Stirs Controversy -
Disaster News Network, July 28, 2004
- Nadler Blasts LMDC Over Demolition
- Newsday, July 19, 2004
- E.P.A. Panel Continues
to Debate What to Do - Downtown Express, June 25 - July
1, 2004
- Advocates Decry Workers'
Deaths - Newsday, June 15, 2004
- NYU Union Presses Laboratory
Safety Probe as Worker's Health Problems Intensify: Union
Meetings, Newsletter Focus on Safety Info -New York
Teacher, June 2, 2004
- Mejia Receives Award
- Staten Island Register, May 11-17, 2004
- In Health
and Social Services, a More Violent Workplace - New
York Times, April 25, 2004
- More Ground
Zero Tests Needed, Says Panel - Disaster News Network,
April 19, 2004
- E.P.A. Watchdog
Panel Looks to Expand Testing - Downtown Express, April
16, 2004
- Labor to State Lawmakers:
Increase Workers Compensation Benefits Now - Amsterdam
News, April 14, 2004
- Protecting
Vulnerable Workers - Occupational Hazards, April 8,
2004
- In National
Emergencies, OSHA to Provide Assistance, Not Enforcement
- Occupational Hazards.com, April 8, 2004
- 9/11 Blunders
Left Workers, Residents Literally in the Dust - Inter
Press Service, April 7, 2004
- Safety in
Numbers: New Bill to Track City Job Injuries - City Councilmember
James Gennaro Introduces a Plan to Help New York Save Money--and
Lives - City Limits Weekly, April 5, 2004
- Residents, Workers
Seek More Tests for 9/11 Toxins -Newark Star-Ledger,
April 1, 2004
- Post-9/11
Screenings Increase - Disaster News Network, March 29,
2004
- N.Y. Firm
Guilty of Reckless Endangerment Stemming From 2002 Chemical
Explosion - Daily Environment Reporter, March 26, 2004
- The New New
Yorkers: at Salons, Trouble Is in the Air: Effects of Exposure
to Toxic Chemicals Will Be Examined in a Survey of Korean
Nail Workers - Newsday, March 24, 2004
- Pataki Pushes
to Stop Lifetime Workers' Comp - Newsday, March 24,
2004
- Outreach
Focuses on Workers' Rights, Safety: Work Place Health Disparities
Increasing among Hispanics - The Nation's Health, March
2004
- Bill Would
Save Firms Billions - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January
31, 2004
- Faculty
Union Insists on Safe Mold Cleanup - New York Teacher,
January 28, 2004
- Henshaw, Shufro, Respond to Times'
Series - Occupational Hazards.com, January 7, 2004
- Open Season
on OSHA: New York Times Series Sparks Outrage - Industrial
Safety & Hygiene News, January 2, 2004
2003 News
- Illness
at Work - New York Times, December 29, 2003
- Charges
Sought in Tropicana Collapse: Two Worker-Safety Groups Urged
a Federal Probe into What They Said Were Willful Violations
- Philadelphia Inquirer, December 24, 2003
- Get the Lead
Out - amNew York, December 10, 2003
- E.P.A. Releases
Lead Tests - Downtown Express, December 9-16, 2003
- E.P.A.
Moves Closer to Releasing Test Results - Downtown Express,
November 11, 2003
- Asbestos
Victims Lose to Business in Proposed Law - Inter Press
Service, October 28, 2003
- Unions Rip
WTC Health Registry - Daily News, October 27, 2003
- E.P.A. Delays
Release of Lead Tests - Downtown Express, October 14,
2003
- Cut the Use
of Toxics in the City - Daily News, September 30, 2003
- Remedying
the Shame of Ground Zero - Daily News, September 18,
2003
- Advocates Want
Administration Response To Concerns Over Trade Center Assurances
- Daily Environment Reporter, September 16, 2003
- Congressman
Nadler: EPA Clean-up Not Good Enough - New York News
Network, September 10, 2003
- Caught in Death
Trap: Immigrants Killed on Job; Kin Get Shafted - NY
Daily News, August 31, 2003
- Lawmakers Pressing
Administration On EPA World Trade Center Response -
Daily Environment Reporter, August 27, 2003
- Congressman
Calls for Investigation of EPA's 'Neglect and Lies' Following
9/11 - OccupationalHazards.com, August 26, 2003
- EPA's 9/11
Air Ratings Distorted, Report Says - Los Angeles Times,
August 23, 2003
- Troubling
Signs of 'Ground Zero Syndrome' Arise - National Public
Radio, August 1, 2003
- Health Hazards
on Job: Korean-Americans Warned of Workplace Dangers
- New York Daily News, July 30, 2003
- Workplace Violence
Has to Stop - New York Daily News, July 28, 2003
- Congressman
Aims to Curb Willful Violations - Industrial Safety
& Hygiene News, June 13, 2003
- E.P.A. Says
Independence Plaza North Stairwells Are Safe - Downtown
Express, May 20, 2003
- WTC Health Effects
Seen in 50% of Site Workers - Transport Workers Union
Local 100 Express, May 2003
- Emergency
Response: New York Worker Safety Group Urges Steps to Reduce
Disaster-Site Risks - Bureau of National Affairs, April
30, 2003
- Groups Unveil
New York's "Dirty Dozen" Polluters: Winners Include
Companies, State Agencies, Government Officials - Citizens'
Environmental Coalition, April 3, 2003
- In a Disaster,
Can You Escape? City Evacuation Plan is Overdue - Public
Employee Press, April 2003
- Interim
Report Criticizes Assurances by EPA on World Trade Center
Air Quality - BNA Daily Environment Report, March 20,
2003
- EPA's 'Safe
Air' Statements After 9/11 Criticized - Reuters, March
17, 2003
- Sept. 11
Ground Zero Air Assurances Disputed - Sacramento Bee,
March 16, 2003
- Classroom
Health Is Nothing to Sneeze At: NYSUT Conference Gives Cautionary
Advice, Tips - New York Teacher, March 12, 2003
- Emergency
Response: Nadler Says Workplaces Neglected In World Trade
Center Dust Cleanup - Bureau of National Affairs Daily
Environment Report, February 11, 2003
- Effects of
9/11 Continue to Ripple Through Construction Ranks -
New York Construction News, February 2003
- Safety Provisions
in New Contract Will Set the Industry Standard - Track
News, January 6, 2003
- Air of Uncertainty
- American Journalism Review, January/February 2003
2002 News
- EPA Report Buries a
Revelation - Daily News, December 31, 2002
- Vaccine
Plan Is Full of Holes - Daily News, December 23, 2002
- Fears Raised
About Smallpox Vaccination Plan - OccupationalHazards.com,
December 16, 2002
- Perspective
on the Tragedy at the World Trade Center - American
Journal of Industrial Medicine, December 2002
- Union Advocates
Call for Safeguards As CDC Readies Smallpox Vaccine Plan
- Occupational Safety and Health Reporter, November 28,
2002
- One Year
Later, 9/11 Health Concerns Linger - AFT On Campus,
October 18, 2002
- Congressman:
OSHA's 9/11 Response Endangered Workers - Occupational
Hazards, September 30, 2002
- Ready
or Nor, Disasters Happen - Online Journal of Issues
in Nursing, September 30, 2002
- Dusting
off Manhattan: A year after 9/11, worries about toxic dust
plague residents - MSNBC, September 9, 2002
- The Air
Down There: A year after the attacks, concerns linger over
the long-term health effects on residents and rescue workers
who breathed in contaminated air - Newsweek Web Exclusive,
September 6, 2002
- Fire Dept.
Not Coming Clean on Asbestos Risk? - Staten Island Advance,
August 27, 2002
- Do Lower Manhattan
Cleanup Right - Daily News, August 23, 2002
- Health Workshop
for S. Asian Workers in N.Y. - News India-Times, June
28, 2002
- Forget the
Forklift: Desk Work is Risky Business - USA Today, June
7, 2002
- 9/11 Cleanup
Zeroes in on Health Risks Facing Immigrant Workers -
Church World Service Immigration and Refugees, June 1, 2002
- Fire Truck
Danger: Union Says WTC Dust on Rigs a Health Risk -
Daily News, May 15, 2002
- EPA Rapped
for NYC Cleaning Program - Associated Press, May 14,
2002
- Cleaning Up
After 9/11: Respirators, Power and Politics - Occupational
Hazards, May 10, 2002
- EPA to Clean
WTC Apartments - United Press International, May 8,
2002
- WTC Minority
Workers' Ills Persist - Newsday, April 28, 2002
- PSC Pair Honored
for Their Safety Vigilance: Profs Are Monitoring CUNY Air
Quality, Construction - New York Teacher, April 10,
2002
- Trabajadores
sin protección - Hoy, 8 de abril de 2002
- Bill: Workers'
Comp For WTC Laborers - Associated Press, April 8, 2002
- Rules For Job
Safety Will Be Voluntary - Newsday, April 6, 2002
- OSHA Backs
Away From Controversial Statement On Asbestos - InsideHealthPolicy.com
Daily Updates, April 3, 2002
- Cars Trapped
at WTC Now Stuck in Another Mess: City Had Planned to Release
Contaminated Vehicles Until Congressman Called in Federal
Environmental Officials - Newark Star-Ledger, March
29, 2002
- New York Appeals
Court Bars State Agency From Redacting Information From
OSH Logs - Bureau of National Affairs, March 25, 2002
- A Red Flag
on Air Tests at WTC - Daily News, March 21, 2002
- City Delays
Plan to Return Cars from World Trade Center Site - Associated
Press, March 18, 2002
- Return of
WTC Cars Hits EPA Roadblock - Daily News, March 18,
2002
- What To Do
With An Auto Graveyard - Newsweek Web Exclusive, March
15, 2002
- Waiting to
Inhale: Six Months Later, Thousands of New Yorkers Still
Suffer Health Ills - MSNBC, March 11, 2002
- Bush Proposes
Change in Workplace Safety Outreach - Gannett News Service,
March 7, 2002
- A Year Later
and Still Waiting for Action on Ergonomics - OccupationalHazards.com,
March 4, 2002
- WTC Health
Van Closes - Newsday, March 2, 2002
- Senate Hearing
Reveals the Dark Side of the American Dream - Occupational
Hazards, March 1, 2002
- EPA Ombudsman
Opens Can of Worms in NY - OccupationalHazards.com,
February 26, 2002
- Upcoming
Supreme Court Ruling Could Be Blow to Illegal Workers
- Daily News, February 25, 2002
- WTC Air
Quality Questioned at Hearing - United Press International,
February 24, 2002
- Plan: Boost
Immigrant Safety on Job - Newsday, February 22, 2002
- Local Emphasis Under Way in Manhattan as OSHA Focuses
Enforcement on Cleanup - Occupational Safety and Health
Reporter, February 21, 2002 [Not Internet-Available]
- NYC Sanitation
Department Admits It Was Slow on Respirators: Crews at Ground
Zero and Fresh Kills Landfill Were Not Given Best Safeguards
in Early Days of Cleanup - Staten Island Advance, February
19, 2002
- OSHA Starts
Random Inspections Near Ground Zero - OccupationalHazards.com,
February 13, 2002
- Clear the
Air: World Trade Center - St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial,
February 12, 2002
- EPA accused
of inaction at WTC - United Press International, February
12, 2002
- Impact of
the September 11th Attack on Air Quality and Public Health
in Lower Manhattan - Testimony of Rep. Jerrold Nadler,
February 11, 2002
- Driving
With Dangerous WTC Dust? - Newsweek, February 11, 2002
- Government
Withhold Data on Dangers in NYC Dust - St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
February 9, 2002
- Scents
and Sensitivities: What to Know Before Buying a Valentine's
Day Perfume - MSNBC, February 6
- Family Wants
Facts in Death - Newsday, January 24, 2002
- NYer of the
Week: Volunteers For WTC Mobile Medical Monitoring Unit
- NY 1 News, January 21, 2002
- Track Their
Health Now, to Protect Others Later - Washington Post,
January 20, 2002
- Some See
N.Y. Air as a Hidden Menace: Many believe EPA cited safety
too quickly. Pollutants indoors a key worry - Los Angeles
Times, January 18, 2002
- Clinic
Finds Safety Precautions Are Often Lacking for Immigrant
Workers Wading Through the Dust and Debris Near Ground Zero
- Staten Island Advance, January 18, 2002
- WTC Cleanup
Worker Died - Newsday, January 18, 2002
- Toxic Cover-up:
Asbestos, Lead, Mercury, Dioxin. World Trade Center Syndrome
- Pacifica Radio, January 17, 2002
- Exámenes
Médicos en la ‘Zona Cero' - Hoy, 15 de enero,
2002
- Is "Ground
Zero" Toxic? - United Churches of Christ Disaster
Alert, January 15, 2002
- Health
Checks at Ground Zero: Cleaning Workers Flock to Mobile
Medical Unit - Newsday, January 15, 2002
- Free Exams
Offered To WTC-Area Laborers - Daily News, January 15,
2002
- Day Laborers
To Be Tested For Exposure To WTC Toxins - WABC-TV, January
14, 2002
- Clinic to
Test Day Laborers for World Trade Center Toxins - Associated
Press, January 13, 2002
- Asbestos
Risks Near Ground Zero May Be Far Greater Than Government
Reports - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 13, 2002
- Migrants
Did Dirty & Dangerous Work: WTC cleanup crews not protected,
often not paid - Daily News, January 11, 2002
2001 News
- Immigrant Workers' Safety
Addressed: Federal Officials Promise Crackdown on Exploitation
- Newsday, December 21, 2001
- DEATH ON THE
JOB - Immigrants at Risk: Scaffold Collapse Highlights Immigrant
Workers' Plight - Newsday, December 16, 2001
- Environmental
Aftermath - Environmental Health Perspectives, November
2001
- Environmental
Concerns Aired at City Council Hearing - Associated
Press, November 8, 2001
- Cleanup Worries:
Residents, Doctors See WTC Health Risks - Newsday,
November 9, 2001
- Downtown
Air's Risky, M.D. Warns - Daily News, November 9, 2001
- Surge in
Immigrant Worker Deaths - Newsday, October 29,
2001
- WTC's Toxic
Exposure a Worry - United Press International, October
28, 2001
- Heroes of
Ground Zero at Risk from Breathing Toxic Cocktail: Pollutants
from Smouldering Ruins Spark Leukaemia Fear - The Guardian,
October 27, 2001
- Feds: World
Trade Center Rescue Workers Not Protected - Daily
News, October 26, 2001
- Report Criticizes
Working Conditions at Ground Zero - Newsday, October
25, 2001
- Day Laborers
at Ground Zero Say They Are Not Being Paid - New York
Times, October 19, 2001
- Something
In the Air - BBC News Online, October 15, 2001
- Is Ground
Zero Safe? New Study Suggests More Asbestos at Disaster
Site than Previously Revealed - Newsweek, October
5, 2001
- Air Near
Ground Zero Is Rated Safe by Feds - Daily News, October
3, 2001
- Health Hazards
in Air Worry Trade Center Workers - Daily News, September
28, 2001
- Unknown
Health Dangers Presented by 'Toxic Stew' - Interpress
Service, September 19, 2001
- Trade Center Clean-Up Risks Detailed; Protective Gear
Recommendations Made - Occupational Safety and Health Reporter,
September 20, 2001 [Not Internet-Available]
- Asbestos
Use in The Construction of the World Trade Center -
International Ban Asbestos Secretariat, September 19, 2001
- Workplace
Safety Training Raises Teen Awareness - New York Teacher,
June 20, 2001
- Employers
Are Counting on Bush to Overturn Ergonomics Rules -
Village Voice, February 7, 2001
2000 News
1994-1999 News
- Union leader fights
for healthy, safe schools; Central Islip teacher wins state's
Karen Silkwood Award - New York Teacher, December 1,
1999
- Labor Department
Outlines New Health and Safety Standards for Ergonomics
- Democracy Now, November 24, 1999
- OSHA Awards More
than $4 Million in Grants to Provide Safety and Health Training
for 50,000 Workers and Managers - USDOL News Release,
October 1, 1999
- On Health: Getting
serious about repetitive strain injuries. Battle looms in
Washington - New York Teacher, September 8, 1999
- Hand Ailment Crippling
Workers - Daily News, May 17, 1999
- Legacy Celebration
Remembers OCAW's Role in Creating OSHA - PACESetter,
May 1999
- Top OSHA Official
to Join New York Labor Leaders In Hearing on Worker Ergonomics
Measure - USDOL News Release, April 28, 1999
- Glued to the Tube:
Labor’s Unlikely Victory for Computer Safety in Suffolk
County - Regional Labor Review, Spring 1999
- RSI and Repeat Offenders:
Office Technology Can Be a Pain, Literally - Daily News,
September 1, 1998
- Inspections May
Help Staff Breathe Easier - New York Teacher, April
13, 1998
- Schools need construction
guidelines. Eastchester local hires hygienist to check lead
levels - New York Teacher, November 3, 1997
- N.Y. Safety Group
Delivers Broadside to United Parcel - CTD News, November
1997
- At the end of their
rope: That's where a small Adirondack school was until the
union sparked a safety crusade - New York Teacher, October
6, 1997
- Health Education
Awards - DOH News, April 9, 1997
- Sick Days at Work
- Environmental Health Perspectives, October 1996
- Hurt On The Job:
Injured Employees Are Covered by Worker's Comp, but System
May Be in for Overhaul - Newsday, June 2, 1996
- Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire Site is National Historic Landmark - Cultural
Resources Management, August 1994
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