Meanwhile, back on the ranch....

[Jordan Barab]

Some interesting items in today's papers and the internets. 

 

First, for all you trainers out there, this video of a trench collapsing just after an Oregon OSHA inspector warns a worker to get out should help you make the point: http://www.break.com/index/osha-shows-up-as-wall-collapses.html

 

 

And then we have a couple of articles confirming that, as the American Chemistry Council says, chemicals are "Essential ₂ Life" or some tragic variation on life, or maybe former life, or....well, you get the idea:

 

Decades Later, Toxic Sludge Torments Bhopal: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/world/asia/07bhopal.html?scp=1&sq=bhopal&st=cse

 

Ex-worker on crusade against chemical plant: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/06/MN3JVU4N2.DTL

 

 

And finally, it turns out that miners die even when there aren't big headlines and media coverage:

 

Mining accident: 110 died in past 5 years while working solo: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_9798704?source=rss

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Jordan Barab