Jim Morris, Author at Public Health Watch

Impact: OSHA Announces Enforcement Initiative After Public Health Watch Reveals Silicosis Cluster in California

by Jim Morris September 26, 2023September 26, 2023

At least 77 fabricators of engineered-stone countertops in the state have been diagnosed with an accelerated form of the fatal lung disease since January 2016

Silicosis Cases Are Mounting Among Countertop Fabricators in California. An Emergency Standard Is Coming.

by Jim Morris July 24, 2023July 24, 2023

L.A. County Supervisors Take Initial Steps Toward a Ban on Artificial-Stone Countertops

by Jim Morris and Kim Krisberg June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

California Regulators Drafting Emergency Rule to Combat Deadly Lung Disease

by Jim Morris and Kim Krisberg May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

Forty percent of Galena Park's 11,000 residents live within a mile of an industrial facility.

Houston Lawmaker Moves to Hold Polluters Accountable

by Jim Morris April 4, 2023April 5, 2023

Introducing The Watch

by Jim Morris April 4, 2023April 10, 2023

A Collaboration in Two Languages

by Jim Morris December 12, 2022December 17, 2022

Juan Rodrigo Gonzalez Morin, 36, developed an accelerated form of the deadly lung disease silicosis after cutting and grinding artificial stone countertops in the Los Angeles area.

Ancient Lung Disease Strikes Countertop Cutters in Southern California

by Jim Morris and Leslie Berestein Rojas December 2, 2022September 26, 2023

Public Health Watch Board Chair Named

by Jim Morris November 29, 2022December 3, 2022

Showing, Not Telling

by Jim Morris September 26, 2022December 3, 2022