January 2011
EPA Orders Ambulance Company to Stop Using Fogger
Acknowledging that workers have become ill after exposure to disinfectant chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week ordered a New Jersey ambulance company to cease using fogging machines to sanitize its vehicles. See [...]
December 2010
EMS Workers In a Fog Over Disinfectant’s Feared Danger
In the months after the Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corporation (MONOC) began using newly acquired machines to disinfect its ambulances in May 2009 by pumping the vehicles full of pesticide fog, paramedics began experiencing troubling ailments, [...]
Union Fights Toxic Misting of Ambulances
Eileen Senn, WEC Industrial Hygiene Consultant was interviewed by Jose Santiago, News Director at WBAI in New York City. The interview is available online here in the WBAI archive file. Go to WBAI Evening News, [...]
June 2010
Workers to Help EPA Prevent Chemical Accidents
New EPA Policy Enlists Workers to Identify Hazards During Inspections of Dangerous Facilities A landmark policy issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will for the first time engage employees and their union representatives during [...]
N.J. Coalition Petitions Lawmakers to Kill Bill Against Tougher Safety, Conservation, Health Rules
A coalition of 76 labor, health and environmental groups signed a petition in Trenton today, demanding the Legislation to kill a bill that would prevent New Jersey state agencies from adopting safety, conservation and health [...]
New Campaign Aims to Defeat Regulatory Rollbacks of NJ’s Landmark Environmental, Health, and Worker Protections
Seventy-five labor, environmental, emergency response, and other organizations today announced at a State House news conference a new public campaign to defeat bipartisan attacks on decades of New Jersey's worker, environmental, health, and other protections. [...]