Teens Face Dangers at Many Jobs
Washington reports emphasize teen workers face high injury and fatality risks during summer jobs. Over 500 teens are injured daily and about one is killed every five days, with incidents at metal stamping plants, golf courses, and fast food sites. Labor officials urge better training and safety awareness.
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Washington
Brad Hurtig
Ohio
Adam Carey
Boston
Massachusetts
Carey
Maggie
Labor Department
National Consumers League
Youngstown
Judy Elliott
New Hampshire Coalition For Occupational Safety and Health
Elliott
Hormone therapy linked to higher cancer stroke risk
Government NIH study ends early after finding that long term estrogen and progestin raise risks of breast cancer by 26 percent, strokes by 41 percent, and heart attacks by 29 percent. Six million women use the combination. brief use may help symptoms but no safe long term period.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Jacques Rossouw
Women's Health Initiative
Suzanne Fletcher
Harvard Medical School
Journal of the American Medical Association
Rossouw
Jennifer Hays
Baylor College of
Norman Lasser
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Texas flood losses could total up to 1 billion
Governor Perry estimated weeklong floods may cause up to 1 billion in damages as waters rose in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. FEMA added counties to disaster areas. officials warned more rain could follow while the death toll rose to nine with multiple homes damaged or destroyed.
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San Antonio
Rick Perry
Perry
FEMA
David Passey
Corpus Christi
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Chris Lewis
Roman
Hilda Mendoza
Woodlawn Lake
Roman Mendoza
Republicans push Senate vote on Yucca Mountain waste plan
Senate Republicans move to force quick consideration of a resolution to override Nevada’s veto and approve burying 77,000 tons of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas. Democrats object, setting up votes on whether to proceed under a 1982 fast track. The plan aims to end decades of debate, though critics warn of security and safety risks shipping waste nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
Nevada
Yucca Mountain
Las Vegas
Bush
Congress
House
Tom Daschle
S.D
Yucca
Daschle
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