Advocates Raise Alarm Over Worker Injuries, Chemical Exposures In Recycling Operations

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June 23, 2015 at 03:15 PM
Worker safety and health activists, led by a high-profile worker rights group in Massachusetts, are sounding alarm over the incidence of severe injuries as well as illness following exposure to toxic chemicals as a result of working in the robust and fast-growing garbage recycling industry -- possibly leading to an increase in pressure on OSHA to address the complex problem.