Are You Afraid of Losing Your Health Insurance?
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Join the club. Most Americans are afraid of being without health insurance due to job loss and inability to work or because of a pre-existing condition banned by a greedy healthcare corporation.
In a latest poll conducted by an opinion research firm, consumers were more in favor of having a payroll deduction that would go toward an early Medicare of sorts vs.
paying a private healthcare premium without fiscal boundaries that could be raised at will.
What do you think?
Source: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org |
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Rotator Cuff Surgery and Workers Compensation
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A study published in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that workers' compensation victims did not do as well after rotator cuff surgery compared to persons who had no work related injuries.
Oddly enough, the workers' compensation group was significantly younger |
with greater work demands and lower marital rates and education levels. With a follow up a year later, their outcomes showed lower improvement rates.
Shoulder disorders are very common work injuries. The goal of the study was to improve rotator cuff outcomes especially for workers' compensation victims. More information about filing a workers compensation claim in Pennsylvania.
Source: http://www.riskandinsurance.com |
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Food Processing Risks & Lung Disease
The Dangers of Diacetyl
In the past two months, consumers have observed how a peanut processing plant has maliciously packaged and distributed peanut products knowingly tainted with salmonella food poisoning.
Unfortunately, there was not a whistleblower among these employees who talked amongst themselves about the horrendous peanut conditions but feared losing their low paying jobs if they spoke out...until it was too late and people died.
You have to wonder what detrimental health conditions they too endured from handling salmonella tainted products and breathing mold-rampant fumes.
Other types of foods are negatively impacted by food processing. Among them is the processing of food flavorings which are a complex combination of compounds that may include a chemical called diacetyl.
Do you like butter-flavored popcorn in the movie theatre? Think diacetyl. This chemical compound has been linked to a severe type of lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans.
In food processing, diacetyl is added to a wide range of foods such as butter, cheese, milk, flour mixes, cookies, crackers, candy, confections, chocolate, shortening, food oils, margarines, flavored syrups, potato chips, corn chips, ready-to-mix desserts, and prepared frosting.
Workers who process flavorings or people who live near flavoring plants may be at risk for diacetyl exposure via vapors, dusts or sprays.
Source: http://www.lni.wa.gov
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