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A 4.4 magnitude earthquake hits Los Angeles, California today. Yes, it’s true and the code predictions of the Bible are true. Californians have been disturbed in their sleep before dawn, as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath eastern suburbs of Los Angeles.
Fortunately there was no reported damage or [...]
Anti-smoking campaigners say lives will be lost because of a delay in bringing in new self-extinguishing cigarettes.
The so-called fire-safe cigarettes burn quickly when dropped, which means they are less likely to cause fires in the home.
They should be introduced across the EU later this year, but work on developing a European [...]
Researchers at NIOSH have started a study of the relationship between firefighters’ exposures and cancer risks, stepping into what has been a contentious topic in recent years as some U.S. cities’ cancer presumption laws were called into question.
The announcement by NIOSH said it will be a multi-year records based study that will include about 18,000 [...]
Solihull magistrates fined Thor Hammer Company Ltd £ 2500 to £ 2594 in costs after admitting breaching R.11 (1) of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 in respect of a machine unprotected drilling pedestal in its premises Shirley.
On November 6, 2008, an employee was operating the machine when the glove on his [...]
“Enjoy the rain,” advises an Environment Canada meteorologist Dave Wray, who predicted rain and high winds, especially near the water on Thursday.
Winds will also be high on the east side of Vancouver Island.
But once the storm blows through, we should get our knowledge of late-winter rainfall pattern across the Lower Mainland next week at least, [...]
One California wildfire is threatening over 12,000 homes. Other wildfires across the nation are threatening many thousands more homes not to mention the lives of animals and humans living in the wildfire areas. Most of these fires are caused by natural events such as lightening strikes but several of the fires are being blamed on [...]
If physicians report an injured worker totally disabled, what happens if he looks for work while he waits to see if he gets workers comp benefits?
John DeHaven shoulder injury at work in April 2005. He received benefits for temporary total disability until November 2005 when he took a light duty position with his employer.
Three months [...]
The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil.
These preliminary steps, produced from data collected by researchers at four universities [...]
In the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, the production offices and new son are reassessing how to keep their offices effectively with crises and to better communicate with journalists on the ground in affected areas.
In February, the directors of the new U.S. office and journalists gathered in Washington, DC, to discuss leadership and appropriate [...]
Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s — the hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer — may be making another problem — acid rain — worse, scientists are reporting. Their study on the chemicals that replaced the ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) once used in aerosol spray cans, air conditioners, refrigerators, and other [...]
