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Purdue Pharma's $7B Opioid Settlement May Advance After All 50 States Back it
If approved, the settlement would be among the largest.
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Smoke billows after an Iranian missile struck an oil refinery in Haifa, northern Israel, early Monday, June 16, 2025.
Safety
Israeli Strikes Damage Iran's Underground Nuclear Site
Iran maintains its nuclear program is peaceful.
June 17, 2025
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Adidas America to Pay $235K in Penalties
The agency found missing guardrails and an unsafe ladder at a New York warehouse.
June 6, 2025
A Tyson facility in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 2022.
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Tyson to Pay Nearly $28K Following Probe into Worker’s Death
An employee at its Nebraska plant was crushed by a pallet-moving machine.
June 5, 2025
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Valero Fined After Repeated Risk Management Violations at California Refinery
While the company fixed the identified safety issues, it's still on the hook for $270,437 in penalties.
June 5, 2025
A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
Safety
Confusion on Sensor Plane's Abilities Led to Key Mistake in Ohio Train Derailment
Authorities could have avoided blowing open five rail tank cars and burning their toxic contents.
June 3, 2025
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Parts of an Air India plane that crashed on Thursday are seen on top of a building in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, June 13, 2025.
Black Box Recovered After Deadly Air India Crash
June 13, 2025
This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Futaba and Namie towns, northern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023.
Japanese Court Rejects Damage Claims Against Utility Executives Over Fukushima Disaster
June 6, 2025
This photo provided on May 27, 2025, by a local resident who declined to give his name out of concern for retaliation shows an explosion at a chemical plant in China's eastern Shandong province.
Search Continues for 6 People Missing After Chinese Chemical Plant Explosion
May 29, 2025
A Thermo Scientific radiation monitor indicates 131.00 mSv per hour near Unit 3 and 4 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.,'s tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012.
Slightly Radioactive Fukushima Soil Will Be Used in Prime Minister's Flower Beds
May 28, 2025
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Firefighters extinguish fires at the explosion site of a chemical plant in Gaomi, in east China's Shandong Province, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
Chemical Plant Explodes in China
May 27, 2025
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What the Future of Workplace Safety Looks Like
May 26, 2025
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The Million-Dollar Manufacturing Disconnect
May 26, 2025
A bartender pouring a beer.
Research Reveals 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Beer
May 22, 2025
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Chlorine Leak at Texas Chemical Plant Prompts Shelter in Place Advisory
May 20, 2025
Asbestos fibers from a stone.
Georgia Stone Product Manufacturer Cited for Exposing Workers to Respirable Crystalline Silica
May 19, 2025
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Pennsylvania Metal Part Maker Pays $65,000 After Minor Suffers Workplace Injury
May 16, 2025
The Fifth Ward Elementary School and residential neighborhoods sit near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, back left, in Reserve, La., Sept. 23, 2022.
Louisiana Plant at Center of Environmental Justice Fight Halts Operations
May 15, 2025
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Here's how to keep products moving, avoid unnecessary costs, and leverage data to hit every supply chain KPI.
June 18, 2025
Containers of Roundup are displayed on a store shelf in San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2019.
Safety
Georgia Becomes Second State to Shield Roundup Maker from Cancer Claims
At least nine other states have also considered following North Dakota's lead.
May 13, 2025
Sonair's ADAR device.
Safety
Sonair to Debut 3D Ultrasonic Sensor for Autonomous Robots
The sensor designed to boost safety in spaces shared by humans and robots.
May 8, 2025
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40 Years Later, Revisiting the Worst Salmonella Outbreak in U.S. History
Lessons from the case remain true today as outbreaks rise.
May 7, 2025
TK Holdings Inc. headquarters is seen, June 25, 2017, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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Florida Jury Awards Man $3M for Defective Airbag That Caused Serious Injury During Crash
Large-scale recalls began in 2013 as 400 people in the U.S. have been injured.
May 6, 2025
Flowers line a memorial in Renton, Wash., April 2, 2024, near where a speeding motorist crashed into a minivan, killing four people and seriously injuring two.
Automotive
U.S. States Push for Speed-Limiting Devices on Cars of Dangerous Drivers
Fleet vehicles including school buses have been trying it out for years.
May 5, 2025
Travelers wait on the platforms for news about their delayed trains at the Madrid train station, Spain, Monday, May 5, 2025.
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Copper Cable Theft in Spain Delays Thousands of High-Speed Rail Passengers
Criminals stand to collect big sums of cash from selling the material.
May 5, 2025
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FDA to Rehire Fired Staffers Who Booked Inspection Trips
But other workers remain in limbo.
May 1, 2025
A black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern trains Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.
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Is Norfolk Southern 'Making it Right' After Ohio Derailment?
New lawsuit adds to doubts.
May 1, 2025
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Speedboat Goes Airborne Trying to Break Speed Record
The boat is designed to rise up out of the water—but not that far.
April 29, 2025
Containers burn, Sunday, April 27, 2025, after a massive explosion and fire rocked a port near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Saturday.
Safety
Massive Explosion at Iranian Port Possibly Linked to Missile Fuel
A spokesman denied reports that missile fuel had been imported through the port.
April 28, 2025
This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 4, 2023.
Safety
Jury Decides Norfolk Southern Should Pay $600 Million Settlement in 2023 Ohio Derailment
GATX isn't liable even though the failure of a bearing on its railcar caused the pileup.
April 24, 2025
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The Importance of Wearing a Static Wrist Strap When Handling Electronic Equipment
An electrostatic discharge can be detrimental to electronics.
April 23, 2025
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., flanked by Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya, left, and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium, Washington, April 22, 2025.
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Feds Seek to Phase Out Artificial Dyes from U.S. Food Supply
Federal officials said the FDA would establish a standard and timeline for a switch to natural alternatives.
April 22, 2025
Rachael Z. Miller, founder of the Vermont-based Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, tosses a Cora Ball, a laundry ball that can be tossed into the washer to cut down on clothes banging into each other, on Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Granville, VT.
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Your Clothes Shed Plastic. Here’s What People Are Doing About It This Earth Day
A load of laundry can release millions of plastic fiber fragments that wind up in local waterways.
April 22, 2025