You won’t get two lines into a driver’s manual or driver safety lecture before you encounter the term “defensive driving.” Expecting other motorists to make mistakes and staying prepared to respond appropriately definitely prevents crashes, avoids injuries and save lives. The same benefits follow from defensive biking. During 2019, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles…
Backover accidents generally occur in driveways and in parking lots. They involve situations in which a driver reverses to pull out of their parking space, hitting someone walking or standing behind them. These accidents can result in serious and life-threatening personal injuries. Anyone can be a victim, but children are among those most at risk….
Doctors and workplace safety experts agreed more than 80 years ago that inhaling asbestos fibers on the job caused the overwhelming majority of cases of fatal mesothelioma. Work-related exposures to airborne asbestos also put people at risk for other lung diseases, a condition called asbestosis that results from microscopic cutting and scarring of lung tissue,…
In 1998, a panel of experts convened by the California Air Resources Board concluded that regularly breathing in diesel engine exhaust at work raises a worker’s risk for asthma, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This was true even after factoring in the effects of smoking by employees. The findings should not have…
“Air on Board Diesel Trains Is Five Times Worse Than Beside a Busy Street.” That headline for an April 4, 2019, Chemistry World article would surely grab the attention of railroad engineers, conductors, trackmen and others who work on and around freight trains. But is breathing in diesel exhaust really all that harmful? Yes. On…