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Up Close - Occupational Health & Safety - November 26, 2009
Renewable energy is likely to benefit U.S. workers' health
Shift to wind, solar power should benefit 700,000, college researchers say

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Expansion of renewable energy should appreciably improve the health status of the 700,000 U.S. workers employed in the energy sector, suggests a commentary by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers, in Milwaukee. Their review was published in an August issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Steven Sumner, who completed the work while still a medical student, and Dr. Peter Layde, professor of population health and co-director of the Injury Research Cen...


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