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A logo on a vehicle at a Ford dealership in Springfield, Pa., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating complaints that windshield trim panels can fly off of Ford Explorers while they’re traveling at highway speeds, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has 164 complaints about the trim pieces detaching on 2011 through 2019 Explorer SUVs.
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U.S. Probes Complaints of Parts Flying Off of Ford Explorers
The probe covers about 1.86 million vehicles.
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Tiny Radioactive Capsule Sets Off Major Health Scare
How could something so small cause so much trouble?
January 30, 2023
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How Scientists Determine Whether a Chemical Is Carcinogenic
Sometimes there are controversial results.
January 30, 2023
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Nuclear Strike Chief Seeks Cancer Review of Missile Crews
At least nine missileers were reporting diagnoses of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. One of the officers has died.
January 30, 2023
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Gas Range Recall Expanded Due to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risk
The USCPSC received reports of consumers seeking medical attention.
January 27, 2023
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OSHA Finds Duct-Taped Machine Guards Following Worker Fatality
The plastics plant faces nearly $300,000 in fines.
January 27, 2023
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LA's Troubled Urban Oil Drilling History Nears End
January 27, 2023
A gate at the entrance to the former Ciba Geigy chemical plant in Toms River, N.J., is filled with warning on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, regarding the contaminated area, which is on the Superfund list of the nation's worst toxic waste sites.
Town Where Child Cancer Rose Blasts Deal Over Polluted Site
January 27, 2023
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Grand Jury Probes Faulty Goodyear Recreational Vehicle Tires
January 27, 2023
Catherine Berthet, of France, closes her eyes as he holds a photo of her deceased daughter Camille Geoffroy, in front of other families that lost loved ones to crashes of the Boeing 737 Max airliner outside the federal court in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.
Boeing Pleads Not Guilty in Case Over Deadly Max Crashes
January 27, 2023
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January 31, 2023
People walk on the sand near the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Clemente, Calif., on June 30, 2011.
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U.S. Sweetens Pot to Study Siting for Spent Nuke Fuel Storage
The U.S. has long struggled to find a permanent solution for storing or disposing of spent nuclear fuel.
January 26, 2023
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Lumber Supplier Faces Fines Following Worker's Death
An 18-year-old worker was killed after being struck by a forklift.
January 24, 2023
Wreckage is piled at the crash scene of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 near Bishoftu, Ethiopia, March 11, 2019.
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Boeing Max Likely Hit a Bird Before 2019 Crash
The NTSB says the bad sensor reading was caused by impact with an object, most likely a bird.
January 24, 2023
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3 Killed in Gold Mine Blast
Illegal mining activities are being blamed.
January 24, 2023
Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many around Southern Pines, N.C.
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State Lawmakers Propose Power Grid Protections After Attacks
Workers want increased penalties for intentionally destroying electrical infrastructure or other utility property.
January 23, 2023
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Cheap Sewer Pipe Repairs Can Push Toxic Fumes Into Homes & Schools
As U.S. water infrastructure ages, communities nationwide are grappling with thousands of broken sewer pipes in their 1.3 million-mile inventory.
January 23, 2023
Plant employees drive 2011 Ford Explorer vehicles off the assembly line at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Dec. 1, 2010. The U.S. government's road safety agency has closed a more than six-year investigation into Ford Explorer exhaust odors, determining that the SUVs don't emit high levels of carbon monoxide and don't need to be recalled.
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Ford Avoids Recall After SUV Exhaust Issues
The NHTSA says it reviewed more than 6,500 consumer complaints.
January 23, 2023
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Justice Department Investigating Abbott Baby Formula Plant
Inspectors uncovered several violations at the facility, including bacterial contamination, a leaky roof and lax safety protocols.
January 23, 2023
The Illinois River as seen from Goat's Bluffat the J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve, July 18, 2019.
Food & Beverage
Tyson, Others Lose Oklahoma Lawsuit Over Poultry Pollution
An estimated 354,000 to 528,000 tons of chicken litter was spread on the land each year by the companies.
January 20, 2023
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3 Amazon Warehouses Fined for Ergonomic Hazards
OSHA says Amazon warehouse workers at high risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders.
January 18, 2023
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How to Shelter from a Nuclear Explosion
The team used advanced computer modeling to study how a nuclear blast wave speeds through a standing structure.
January 17, 2023
A flame rises after an explosion at a gas pipeline near Pasvalys, 175 km (109 miles) north of Vilnius in northern Lithuania on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
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Gas Explosion Blamed on Technical Malfunction
The blast sent flames 150 feet into the Lithuanian sky.
January 16, 2023
This aerial photo shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, north of Tokyo, on March 17, 2022. Japan's government has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to “around spring or summer,' indicating a delay from the initial target of this spring, factoring into the progress of a release tunnel and the need to gain public support.
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Japan Delays Fukushima Plant Water Release
Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater.
January 13, 2023
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ABC Polymer Pleads Guilty Over Fatal Accident
The plea comes more than five years after the incident.
January 12, 2023