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Environment & Energy

hunter

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2. They used to use barrels of TCE at some of the places I worked.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 10:27 PM

Dec 10

Often it was recent immigrant workers who had the highest exposure to it. What's worse there was this macho culture that disdained the use of personal protective equipment.

The same sort of shit goes on in the quartz countertop industry.

Workers Are Falling Ill, Even Dying, After Making Kitchen Countertops

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/10/02/766028237/workers-are-falling-ill-even-dying-after-making-kitchen-countertops

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The EPA has banned 2 cancer-causing chemicals used in dry cleaning and degreasing. What that means for your health. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 10 OP

Thank you EPA Clouds Passing Dec 10 #1

They used to use barrels of TCE at some of the places I worked. hunter Dec 10 #2

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