Occupational Knowledge International is a nonprofit organization (NGO) working internationally to build capacity to protect public health and the environment.
San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2009
- Tweets3.2K
- Following195
- Followers184K
- Likes23
OK International retweeted
I gave an interview for NPR on our new article on silicosis due to engineered stone among immigrant workers in California. npr.org/sections/health-shot…
OK International retweeted
Exporting US Lead Pipes and Solutions to this Environmental Justice Problem
Webinar tomorrow: Link to register: pitt.zoom.us/j/93974272881
@CaitSchroering
@casacem
@occupknowledge
@charlotbrody
@CLASPITT
@PittMCSI
OK International retweeted
👇Link to register: pitt.zoom.us/j/93974272881
@CaitSchroering @casacem @occupknowledge @charlotbrody @CLASPITT @PittMCSI
OK International retweeted
#LeadPaint remains an issue in Cameroon Cameroon despite the 2017 landmark regulation banning all #Paint with more than #90ppm lead.
We are testing to inform full enforcement
@ChemandWaste
@IPEN_AF
@ToxicsFree
@UNEP
OK International retweeted
Workers at car battery recycling plants in Mexico are being exposed to high levels of lead—a toxic metal. Michael Kosnett, ColoradoSPH associate adjunct professor, explains the health risks in a recent @NYTimes article.
#WorkerSafety | #PublicHealth
buff.ly/3THXv5R
OK International retweeted
Mombasa Court condemns demos on Owino Uhuru case judgement - Capital Business capitalfm.co.ke/business/202…
OK International retweeted
In an unusual move, the EPA opened a new public comment period on its proposed asbestos ban to get input regarding new information, including ProPublica findings that workers were “swimming” in the deadly substance. @propublica
propublica.org/article/epa-o…
OK International retweeted
Excellent piece on how recycling of car batteries from US -> lead poisoning of workers in Mexico.
Based on new soil samples from @occupknowledge, longtime leaders on this issue.
Americans’ Old Car Batteries Are Making Mexican Workers Sick nytimes.com/2023/03/20/world…
1/3
OK International retweeted
Important story from a study by IPEN member @CasaCem & @occupknowledge - used car batteries from the US making workers sick in Mexico via @Stevelfisher @nytimes ow.ly/TBGA50NmOQc
OK International retweeted
⭐ New Research ⭐
Researchers from @occupknowledge & @Ashland_Univ found lead levels leached from aluminum cookware had 36x US daily intake of lead.
bit.ly/3t2XLAL
OK International retweeted
“If a children’s toy was harming or killing kids, we’d take it off the shelves. How many thousands of workers have to die before we do something about silica products?”
Well said @Tony_Burke
smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
OK International retweeted
How much more time will we waste before Australia bans the import & use of high-quartz engineered stone?
With 1 in 4 stonemasons with #silicosis this is a tragedy
Australia's young tradies who've been given a death sentence.
Sunday on #60Mins, a renovation catastrophe that's led to a global epidemic.
OK International retweeted
Opinion | "We should encourage all countries to put in place minimum environmental and occupational standards for smelters and lead using industries to protect public health and the environment," argues lead poisoning prevention expert Perry Gottesfeld.
bit.ly/3XzO7lN
OK International retweeted
JUST PUBLISHED: A group of scientists, incl EPA vets, say changes at EPA are "urgently needed" to better reflect "real-world exposures" and protect people from harmful chemicals. Read their consensus statement here: bit.ly/chemicalpolicyRoadmap
@EPA
OK International retweeted
Those beautiful new kitchen and bathroom surfaces that look like marble?
Workers cutting them for your home are dying from silicosis.
Right here, in the USA.
Read this @pubhealthwatch report by @JimGMorris
tinyurl.com/2h333nnd
OK International retweeted
We know lead poisons millions of kids a year, stunting their brain development and potential.
It's beyond dangerous, yet industry lobbyists are still fighting to keep it in paint and batteries. Our friends at @occupknowledge broke down the issue:
youtu.be/S3yzmMsLbf0
OK International retweeted
Only 17% of e-waste is recycled. The rest is dumped, often to be sifted through in low-income countries by informal workers seeking to extract valuable materials at grave risk to their health.
Do what you can to #BeatPollution. bit.ly/3AxtYUb
OK International retweeted
Big day in parliament yesterday speaking with MP Michelle O’Neil, Milton Dick, Hon Mark Butler & Hon Ged Kearney about the need to urgently act to prevent #silicosis
5 inspirational and brave victims of silicosis shared their stories with us
1/5 🧵
OK International retweeted
The brief was signed by @CentroProdh @EarthRightsIntl @FImaginaries @CasaCem @CardhHaiti @Ccajar @Defensoria_ONG @breachcollectiv @fundalatin @ilsacolombia @JTenMexico @occupknowledge @PaxChristi @PlataformaCIPO @FLMColombia @Rightslink and @SobrevivenciaPy.
OK International retweeted
At Little Things Matter, we are Unleashing the Power of Prevention!
Did you know that only five out of the 30 years of life expectancy gained in the past century was due to medical care?
The belief that technology will solve our health problems is flawed. It fails to acknow ...
