Liza Gross
@lizagross.bsky.social
Reporter for Inside Climate News. Focus on ag, oil and gas, conservation, environmental justice. Live and work on unceded Lisjan Ohlone land. (she/her) SEJ, IRE, SPJ NorCal
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As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
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“More farmworkers are alive today than would be if the stronger standard were not in effect,” Michaels said. “And more lives will be saved if federal OSHA adopts a similar standard.”
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New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives - Inside Climate News
As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“More farmworkers are alive today than would be if the stronger standard were not in effect,” Michaels said. “And more lives will be saved if federal OSHA adopts a similar standard.”
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No worker should die of heat exposure. The fact that 100s have died over the past several years shows why leaving heat plans up to bosses doesn't work. What does work, new research shows, is enforcing simple rules mandating access to water, shade and breaks.
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New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives - Inside Climate News
As the Trump administration is expected to finalize a standard to prevent heat-related injury and illness for workers by early next year, a new study shows that clear, comprehensive rules save lives.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
No worker should die of heat exposure. The fact that 100s have died over the past several years shows why leaving heat plans up to bosses doesn't work. What does work, new research shows, is enforcing simple rules mandating access to water, shade and breaks.
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The main problem with plastic, @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck says in her new book, The Problem With Plastic, is that it’s ubiquitous, polluting the planet, driving climate change and making us sick. Hear more from Enck at @insideclimatenews.org. insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202...
Peeling Back the Curtain on Big Plastic’s False Solutions - Inside Climate News
Environmental policy expert and environmental justice champion Judith Enck says in a new book that it’s possible to move beyond society’s dependence on plastics, if we each play a part.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The main problem with plastic, @beyondplastics.bsky.social's Judith Enck says in her new book, The Problem With Plastic, is that it’s ubiquitous, polluting the planet, driving climate change and making us sick. Hear more from Enck at @insideclimatenews.org. insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202...
Plastics producers exploited a loophole to make their pollution problem worse. "California technically banned plastic grocery bags more than a decade ago...But at the urging of plastic and grocery lobbyists, that law left an exception for thicker plastic bags that can theoretically be reused 125x."
New California law means a big change for grocery shoppers in 2026
Starting January 1, California will implement a major change at grocery stores around the state as part of an environmental push.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Plastics producers exploited a loophole to make their pollution problem worse. "California technically banned plastic grocery bags more than a decade ago...But at the urging of plastic and grocery lobbyists, that law left an exception for thicker plastic bags that can theoretically be reused 125x."
Whites razed #BlackWallStreet in 16 hrs. “As she washed their dishes and tucked their little ones into bed...she wondered whether they were among those responsible, yet never held accountable, for her own childhood’s destruction.” #TulsaRaceMassacre #TeachTheHistory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
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November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Whites razed #BlackWallStreet in 16 hrs. “As she washed their dishes and tucked their little ones into bed...she wondered whether they were among those responsible, yet never held accountable, for her own childhood’s destruction.” #TulsaRaceMassacre #TeachTheHistory www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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The FDA is claiming without sharing their evidence or analysis that 10 deaths of children are linked to COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Big change: FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements under RFK Jr ally
Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
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Vinay Prasad signaled changes to annual flu shots, concurrent vaccines + more
Prasad said his team found link between covid-19 shots and kids' deaths, necessitating a new approach overall
with @rachelroubein.bsky.social
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The FDA is claiming without sharing their evidence or analysis that 10 deaths of children are linked to COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Puma kittens
Bobcats
Northern elephant seals
California condors
Bald eagles
Puma kittens
Bobcats
Northern elephant seals
California condors
Bald eagles
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Arctic wolf
Echidna
Gentoo penguin
Marine iguana
Puffin
Arctic wolf
Echidna
Gentoo penguin
Marine iguana
Puffin
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
Resplendent quetzal
Ohlone tiger beetle
Blue whale
Northern elephant seal
Southern sea otter 🦦
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Puma kittens
Bobcats
Northern elephant seals
California condors
Bald eagles
Puma kittens
Bobcats
Northern elephant seals
California condors
Bald eagles
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Nearly the entire brussels sprouts supply in the US comes from California’s central coast.
Brussels sprouts grow upright on a tough, woody stem. This picture is a partly mechanized harvest, but a crew of workers used machetes to cut off the stalks in the field, while another worker trims off the leaves as he feeds the stalks into the machine. It's grueling work especially when it is hot.
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Nearly the entire brussels sprouts supply in the US comes from California’s central coast.
California finally updated its 15-year-old #landfill methane regulation, including critical measures to strengthen oversight and monitoring of the toxic air contaminants released along with methane that have made so many seriously ill. #ChiquitaCanyon #LMR
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California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule - Inside Climate News
California regulators voted on Thursday to update a 15-year-old rule controlling emissions of methane from municipal landfills, the second-largest source of the climate super pollutant in the state. ...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
California finally updated its 15-year-old #landfill methane regulation, including critical measures to strengthen oversight and monitoring of the toxic air contaminants released along with methane that have made so many seriously ill. #ChiquitaCanyon #LMR
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When it comes to ecology, and especially trophic cascades, well, it's complicated. Nice piece by my colleague @jakebolster.bsky.social on new work from Chris Wilmers, @taaltree.bsky.social and colleagues on the ecological role of large carnivores and the wisdom of conservation over restoration.
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators, like wolves and grizzly bears, affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.
Reintroduced Carnivores’ Impacts on Ecosystems Are Still Coming Into Focus - Inside Climate News
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When it comes to ecology, and especially trophic cascades, well, it's complicated. Nice piece by my colleague @jakebolster.bsky.social on new work from Chris Wilmers, @taaltree.bsky.social and colleagues on the ecological role of large carnivores and the wisdom of conservation over restoration.
New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
New research shows how low-income communities of color bear the brunt of pollution past and present, and how that legacy of injustice is likely to reverberate for generations as seas rise. We have the story at @insideclimatenews.org A thread. 1/ insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
My latest @insideclimatenews.org looks at a new study showing 1000s of U.S. hazardous sites likely to flood by 2050, placing low-income communities of color—stuck near toxic sites due to legacies of discrimination—at disproportionate risk of harm. #ToxicTides
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As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My latest @insideclimatenews.org looks at a new study showing 1000s of U.S. hazardous sites likely to flood by 2050, placing low-income communities of color—stuck near toxic sites due to legacies of discrimination—at disproportionate risk of harm. #ToxicTides
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Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting!
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For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
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For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
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Captured - Inside Climate News
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October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
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Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much.
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Millions of Americans told to stay out of the sun
NWS urges millions to watch for signs of heat stroke as California braces for an October heatwave with temps near 100.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Too bad most outdoor workers don't have the ability to "stay out of the sun." In California and a few others states, #OSHA standards help prevent heat-related illnesses and deaths. In the rest of the states, not so much.
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Good luck workers: you're on your own. www.newsweek.com/millions-of-...
Many are calling #COP30 “the Indigenous People’s COP." With historically marginalized groups afforded access to the main venue for climate negotiations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community leaders see reason for hope.
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Will COP30 Finally Prioritize Indigenous Voices? - Inside Climate News
Indigenous and community leaders see the upcoming U.N. climate talks in the heart of the Amazon Basin as an unprecedented opportunity to infuse global climate ambitions with justice and inclusiveness.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Many are calling #COP30 “the Indigenous People’s COP." With historically marginalized groups afforded access to the main venue for climate negotiations, Indigenous, Afro-descendant and local community leaders see reason for hope.
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This just in: an interview with myself about my new novel, Proles. Tough, but fair. Enjoy!
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interview with myself — proles
interview Proles Bergman
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October 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This just in: an interview with myself about my new novel, Proles. Tough, but fair. Enjoy!
#WritingCommunity (such as it is)
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#WritingCommunity (such as it is)
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In the midst of a federal hiring freeze, JD Vance’s best buddy was hired to lead the nation’s premier environmental health sciences institute—even though the position wasn’t vacant—raising fears of political favoritism. Read more at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute - Inside Climate News
Despite a federal hiring freeze, the Trump administration just appointed a scientist who calls Vance one of his “closest friends” to head the nation’s key environmental health research arm.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In the midst of a federal hiring freeze, JD Vance’s best buddy was hired to lead the nation’s premier environmental health sciences institute—even though the position wasn’t vacant—raising fears of political favoritism. Read more at @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...
#EnvironmentalJustice
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
October 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#EnvironmentalJustice
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
When Black people say, "We can't breathe," It could be because of police brutality or it could be because of PM2.5 in our heavily polluted communities. —Melissa Miles, NJ Environmental Justice Alliance
#cumulativeimpacts
“We are in an authoritarian state,” said @peer.org's @timothywhitehouse.bsky.social at a recent briefing. Federal scientists and environmental experts are no longer free to give unbiased evidence to agency heads, who now serve corporate interests, they say. See @insideclimatenews.org
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EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge - Inside Climate News
Federal environmental scientists have been “left largely defenseless.” Their jobs abruptly terminated. Their research and policy advice ignored, manipulated or suppressed. Their agency captured by the...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“We are in an authoritarian state,” said @peer.org's @timothywhitehouse.bsky.social at a recent briefing. Federal scientists and environmental experts are no longer free to give unbiased evidence to agency heads, who now serve corporate interests, they say. See @insideclimatenews.org
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“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America, yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law. This is our reality.”
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UFW pushes for farms to honor union contracts - Rochester Beacon
United Farm Workers organizers have called on Wayne County’s Wafler Farms to implement a contract imposed in arbitration.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Imagine harvesting fruits that feed America, yet being told that we don’t deserve the protections that are already written in law. This is our reality.”
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New from me at @insideclimatenews.org
It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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California Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy - Inside Climate News
If you’re young, pregnant and Latina, chances are you live near agricultural fields sprayed with higher levels of brain-damaging organophosphate pesticides.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New from me at @insideclimatenews.org
It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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It’s not unusual to find ethnic disparities w/pesticide exposures, said an author of a new study that found 1 in 2 pregnant Latina women lived near high use of brain-damaging organophosphates. But “it’s a huge injustice.”
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Jane Goodall was a huge figure for everyone & also us at @mongabay.com 😔
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
Jane Goodall at 90: On fame, hope, and empathy
Jane Goodall turns 90 today. For the past few weeks, the world has been marking her birthday in a variety of ways, from a unique 90-dog salute on a beach in Carmel, California, symbolizing her life-lo...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Jane Goodall was a huge figure for everyone & also us at @mongabay.com 😔
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
An advisory board member & friend for years, she traveled 300 days/year right to the end, promoting conservation worldwide
Her memory is definitely a blessing
Here's the last conversation we had w/ her for the podcast:
Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of #pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research from @ewgofficial.bsky.social helps show just how much. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...
Pesticides in Your Produce? Probably. - Inside Climate News
Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research helps show just how much.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Eating fruits and vegetables grown in the U.S. exposes consumers to classes of #pesticides associated with serious health problems. New research from @ewgofficial.bsky.social helps show just how much. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...
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How Workers Died Last Week: Crushed by machinery, tiger attack, pipeline, farming, drowning, tree trimming, construction, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries at work.
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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the US due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
How Workers Died Last Week: Crushed by machinery, tiger attack, pipeline, farming, drowning, tree trimming, construction, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries at work.
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