Huffington Post reported two weeks before the Foxconn China dust explosion of combustible aluminum dust hazards. Yet no one questioned or commented on the media account. Then a week before the explosion, the International Metalworkers Federation (IMF) reported to it's 25 million membership spread across 100 countries on the combustible aluminum dust present at the Foxconn plant. http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?c=26530&l=2
In another department at the factory, aluminum dust fills the air, covering their hands, clothes, and faces.
“I’m breathing in dust at Foxconn just like a vacuum cleaner. My nostrils are totally black everyday,” one worker reported.
I guess OHS professionals including myself, don't read the #3 (Alexa rating) online news outlet in the USA?
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