Posts Tagged ‘toxic’
EPA bans 2 cancer-causing chemicals, TCE and PCE, used at dry cleaners, other products
Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the latest risk management rules for trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) under the bipartisan 2016 Toxic Substances Control Act…
Read MoreVacant Mills Can Hold Toxic Secrets – ecoRINews
by Bonnie Phillips, ecoRI News – Originally published by ecoRINews.Read more atecoRI.org. Photo: Bonnie Phillips – Piles of rubble are all that are left of the mill at 20 Privilege St. in Woonsocket. In July, a vacant mill at 20 Privilege St. was destroyed by fire. The brick building, built in 1902 near the border…
Read MoreFrequent fires add to pollution woes along Allens Avenue – (ecoRI News, Ocean State Stories)
Originally published by ecoRI.org, a nonprofit newsroom covering environmental news in Rhode Island. Read more at ecoRI.org – and Ocean State Stories, a media outlet that publishes journalism on issues of importance to Rhode Island’s diverse communities that often are neglected or under-reported. by Rob Smith/ecoRI News staff Ten days after a scrap metal fire was…
Read MoreRhode Island extinguishes firefighting foam threat – Ocean State Stories
This story is published in partnership between RINewsToday.com and Ocean State Stories, a journalism initiative at Salve Regina University. by Frank Carini – Originally published by ecoRI News, a nonprofit newsroom covering environmental news in Rhode Island. Read more at ecoRI.org Photo: U.S. Air Force, via Ocean State Stories 49 tons of toxic PFAS have…
Read MoreWhen a Co-Worker is Toxic – Mary T. O’Sullivan
By Mary T. O’Sullivan, MSOL “Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.”— Robert Tew A toxic work environment debilitates people. Studies prove that toxic workplaces lower productivity, impede morale, destroy employee engagement, and damage loyalty. Some people may mentally remove themselves completely from the negative…
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