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In the United States alone, as the result of their employment, 2.6 million workers suffer nonfatal injuries or illnesses each year. Another 5,000 workers in the United States die at work annually. Aware of staggering statistics like these, the AFL-CIO declared April 28 Workers’ Memorial Day in 1989.

In 2024, the EPA took the long overdue action of banning chrysotile asbestos—the only form of asbestos currently known to be used or imported in the U.S.

Studies have linked talcum powder and ovarian cancer. Learn about the connection and related lawsuits here.

January marks Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month, a powerful time to shine light on the unjust risks fire fighters face every day as they put their lives on the line for our safety and wellbeing.

Schools and other educational establishments are meant to be safe places for our children to grow, learn, and develop into independent adults. However, schools can also be a perfect environment for predators who groom and facilitate inappropriate relationships with students, which may lead to sexual abuse.

A piece regarding claims that a chemical solution meant to help IVF embryos grow lacked a key nutrient, making the solution toxic for the developing embryos.

Today we honor Veterans Day, a day dedicated to recognizing and paying tribute to those who have served in the U.S. military.

It has been 23 years since the tragic events of September 11, 2001. As we remember those taken from us by those heinous attacks, many questions remain unanswered.

Data collection is becoming more and more a part of everyday life. So many of the services and platforms we use collect snippets of information about our behaviors to optimize our experiences, or to even give us credit for “behaving” well. For example, we’ve all seen the commercials for “safe driver discounts” and various other incentive programs where one allows such data tracking, but what about when there’s no such discount? What if we didn’t sign up for such tracking, but instead we get a “risky driver insurance increase?”

Over the past several years, alarming evidence has emerged exposing the presence of harmful levels of toxic heavy metals in store bought baby food.