Occupational safety and health
Discussion: The mental health impacts of reopening society
After more than a year of measures such as mask mandates and social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, communities around the world are adjusting to reopened workplaces and society. But ongoing concerns about the pandemic and challenges posed by variants have many people wary. The World’s Elana Gordon moderated a conversation with Harvard Chan School of Public Health’s Karestan Koenen, who explored mental health during this transition.
America’s grungy ‘recycled’ plastic is creating wastelands in Asia
Plastic junk from the US is often sent to Southeast Asia, where illegal “recycling” centers are causing an environmental emergency with the fumes from burning trash. And many people believe that America, above all, has the power to make this stop.
Chinese workers pay a toxic price for their jobs making Apple’s iPhones and iPads
Thousands of Chinese workers, many of them teenagers, become seriously ill from chemicals used in factories producing Apple products. A new documentary called “Who Pays The Price?” is following the lives, and deaths, of some workers and may have already led to changes in the Apple’s foreign practices.
In the Philippines, underwater gold mining comes with small payoffs and big risks
In the Philippines, families with children mine for gold in dark, muddy tunnels of water up to 60 feet deep — exposing themselves to grave danger in the process.In the Philippines, families with children mine for gold in dark, muddy tunnels of water up to 60 feet deep — exposing themselves to grave danger in the process.