Fatality rate at post offices takes a fall
CDC data shows U S Postal Service employees face far lower job fatality risk than national averages from 1980 to 1989. Motor vehicle crashes caused most postal deaths, with 43 percent, while murder ranked second. firearms were common murder weapons and many killings were by coworkers.
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Atlanta
U.S. Postal Service
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Dawn Castillo
Postal Service
U.S
Global cooling hinted by bristlecone tree rings study
Researchers from California Institute of Technology report that chemical ratios in bristlecone pine growth rings indicate a long-term cooling trend over 6,800 years with temperatures falling since 4800 B.C. The study notes a late 18th to 19th century cold period and cautions the data cannot explain current warming trends due to atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Washington
Science
California Institute of Technology
White Mountains
California
Samuel Epstein
Epstein
Caltech
Xiahong Feng
Earth
Devon Island
Canada
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