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It can kill on the spot or years after prolonged exposure.  When methylene chloride’s fumes build up, the chemical switches off the brain’s respiratory center, asphyxiating its victims if it doesn’t trigger a heart attack first. At lower levels, the federal government says, it increases the risk of multiple types of cancer. And despite a 2019 ban keeping it out of consumer paint-stripping products, the chemical is still widely available in other items — from aerosol degreasers to sealants. On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is banning methylene chloride in all consumer uses and most workplace…

Speaking to the state Islamic Republic News Agency, emergency services ministry spokesman Babak Yektaparast said rescuers had been unable to reach the crash site by helicopter due to heavy fog. A convoy of eight ambulances has been dispatched, accompanied by doctors and paramedics, he added. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi told local media that “relief groups are moving toward the area, but due to fog and bad weather it may take some time to reach the scene of the accident.” Iran’s state-run IRINN news agency has reported that the crash site is located on rough, rocky terrain with 70-meter boulders blocking…

Think about taking a walk: where you need to go, how fast you need to move to get there, and whether you need to bring something along to carry the results of your errand. Are you going on this walk with someone else? Does walking with a friend change your preparation? If you’re walking with a child, do you remember to bring an extra sweater or a snack? You probably did – because people intuitively vary their plan depending on their current needs and situations. In my research as an anthropologist, I’ve focused on the evolution of human walking and…

The building, part of which dates back to the 17th Century, is opening its doors on Saturday 18 May 2024 to show how the court and its staff serve the community and deliver justice.   Residents will be invited into the historic court building to explore cells, relive criminal trials, visit a family courtroom and take a behind-the-scenes look at how justice is done with the hard-working staff on the ground.   A medieval oubliette – or dungeon – still lies beneath the complex. Prisoners would be kept here before walking through underground tunnels to the former Derby Gaol, in Friargate, to…

On behalf of the United States of America, I extend heartfelt congratulations to the people of Norway as they celebrate Constitution Day. As friends, Allies, and fellow Arctic nations, the United States and Norway stand together in pursuit of common goals, such as promoting regional security and sustainable, inclusive economic prosperity. We also join together to advance the green transition, addressing energy needs and the global climate crisis together. Over the past year, our relationship has grown even stronger with the opening of the U.S. diplomatic presence post in Tromsø. As fellow founding NATO members celebrating 75 years of the…

For most of us, creating mental images based on speech or memory is very easy. If I say “cube”, you are probably already picturing one in your mind (although people with aphantasia have little or no mental imagery). You may not realise it, but you’re probably also very good at translating physical sensations into mental images. Imagine being in total darkness and holding a cube-shaped object. There’s a good chance you could turn this tactile information into a mental image. For centuries, scientists and philosophers have debated whether this is something we learn to do or if our nervous systems…

When the Shell petroleum company announced in 2021 that it wanted to explore for fossil fuels off South Africa’s pristine Wild Coast, Indigenous communities in the area immediately fought back through the country’s courts. In two separate cases, the communities successfully challenged Shell. They won both cases, winning an interim interdict to put Shell’s exploration on hold and having the company’s exploration right set aside. Shell is appealing the second ruling on several, largely procedural, grounds; that process got underway in the Supreme Court of Appeal on 17 May this year. If the Supreme Court of Appeal upholds the High…

We’ve been dining out for a long time on the notion that we have one of the most productive workforces in the world. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Irish workers generated an impressive €97 worth of value for every hour they worked in 2023. That put us at the top of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s 36-strong list of advanced economies. The figure was also more than twice the EU average.But there was always something fishy about this finding. It was almost entirely predicated on the presence of high-value multinationals in the Irish economy. Labour productivity…

WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced a significant expansion of MigrantWorker.gov and its Spanish version, TrabajadorMigrante.gov, websites that provide useful information to help protect the rights of all U.S. workers, regardless of their immigration status.With this expansion, the website now offers content in eight languages with the addition of Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Tagalog and Vietnamese added to its English and Spanish offerings, giving a wider range of workers needed access to important information on federal regulations protecting their rights to a safe workplace free of discrimination or harassment; the right to organize a union; and the right to question their employer’s pay…

One May evening in 2022, two Filipino women — mother and daughter — went to pick up snacks at a McDonald’s drive-thru in North Hollywood when a white man allegedly rear-ended their car, drove alongside them and began to shout racial slurs, threatening to kill them.  Nerissa Roque, the mother, called the police and husband Gabriel Roque, who showed up before officers did. As daughter Patricia recorded on her cell phone, the attacker tried to open her locked door, the video showed, pushed Gabriel Roque to the ground — breaking his rib — and grabbed Nerissa Roque by her throat.…