Tag: public safety
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New report lists contaminant, treatment violations at Kentucky’s 461 public water systems
Reporters can now find out if their local public water systems were recently cited with violations related to contaminants in the water or inadequate treatment. The Kentucky Division of Water‘s...
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With more than 2,000 product recalls in 2011 alone, consumers may be suffering from ‘recall fatigue’
Regulators, retailers and manufacturers are getting worried that the public is suffering from “recall fatigue.” Last year, there were 2,363 recalls, according to data from the U.S. Food and Drug...
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Black lung affects Kentucky surface miners more than those in other states, CDC study finds and Courier-Journal reports
Photo by Getty Images. Nearly 4 percent of surface coal miners who work in Central Appalachia who were tested for a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
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States with helmet laws have far fewer motorcycle-related deaths; Kentucky doesn’t require bikers to wear protective headgear
Petersburg (Tex.) Volunteer Fire Dept. photo “Fewer motorcyclists die in states that require helmets, and the costs to society are lower too,” reports Mike Stobbe for The Associated Press. About...