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Month: February 2023

East Palestine residents worry rashes, headaches and other symptoms may be tied to chemicals from train crash

By Brenda Goodman and Caroll Alvarado, CNN Some residents of East Palestine, Ohio, say they have developed rashes, sore throats, nausea and headaches after returning to their homes this week, and they’re worried these new symptoms are related to chemicals released after a train derailment two weeks ago. The February 3 incident caused a massive

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Biden administration restores Obama-era mercury rules for power plants, eyes more regulations in coming months

Originally Published: 17 FEB 23 14:00 ETBy Ella Nilsen, CNN    (CNN) — The Biden administration on Friday finalized a decision to reestablish Obama-era rules that require coal and oil-fired power plants to reduce toxic pollutants, including mercury and acid gas, that come out of their smokestacks.Mercury is a neurotoxin with several health impacts, including harmful effects

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More than 100 children worked in dangerous conditions at slaughterhouse cleaning firm, US Labor Department finds

Originally Published: 17 FEB 23 13:25 ETBy Ramishah Maruf, CNN    (CNN) — A major US food sanitation company illegally employed at least 102 children between the ages of 13 and 17 in jobs that had them using caustic chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws.Packers Sanitation Services paid $1.5 million in civil penalties for employing minors in hazardous

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Michigan State to ease back into classes and athletics as students and staff continue to grapple with horror of mass shooting

Originally Published: 17 FEB 23 02:51 ETUpdated: 17 FEB 23 13:41 ETBy Elizabeth Wolfe and Amanda Watts, CNN    (CNN) — After the Michigan State University community was paralyzed by a horrific mass shooting that killed three students, injured five others and halted campus activity, the school will begin to resume athletic and academic life, as many

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