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• Law Enforcement Officers' Deathes Increase

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2007 10:22 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A report recently released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors stated that there has been 186 officer deaths since December 26th. This has increased from 145 in 2006.Eighty-one officers died in traffic-related accidents and there have been 69 shooting deaths.Craig Floyd, chairman of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, stated...

• 4 Killed in Chemical Plant Explosion

  Staff Writer | December 20, 2007 9:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  On Wednesday, December 19th, four workers were killed during a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Jacksonville, Florida. 14 others were injured as well.T2 Laboratories Inc. Plant makes chemical solvents and fuel additives. It is still unclear on what actually caused the explosion.The chemicals at the plant made the environment "incredibly dangerous for the first responders," stated Tom...

• Diactyl linked to lung ailment removed from microwave popcorn

  Staff Writer | December 19, 2007 9:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  On Monday, December 17th, the nation's four largest makers of microwave popcorn stated that they have removed a flavoring chemical that has been linked to a lung ailment in popcorn plant workers from their products.The Weaver Popcorn Company, ConAgra Foods Inc., General Mills Inc., and the American Pop Corn Co. have all promised to change their microwave popocorn recipes by January 2008. These...