Researchers: Renewable Energy Jobs Are Safer
The push for renewable energies has one more feather to put in its cap: improved health for its workforce and the potential of evading death, at least while on the job. As more workers shift from fossil fuel-related jobs to those in renewable energy, their health should improve, according to commentary by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The researchers studied occupational health risks to workers in renewable energy and fossil fuel industries, according to a report by ScienceBlog. They found less risk of injury and death in wind and solar energy than in fossil fuel jobs. Biomass jobs did not have any significant safety benefit compared to fossil fuels. The study, which…
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