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UC Merced study finds gaps in dairy workplace safety; researchers recommend paid leave, testing and stronger enforcement
Summary
Researchers from the UC Merced Community and Labor Center said interviews with dairy workers showed widespread workplace noncompliance with safety standards and recommended paid sick leave for testing and treatment, expanded testing access, mandatory employer reporting of illnesses and stronger enforcement.
A UC Merced Community and Labor Center study presented at the Senate hearing identified workplace practices on some California dairies that the researchers said heighten risk for transmission of H5N1 from animals to workers and the wider community.
"Unless we can adequately explain why 753 dairies were positive but nationwide only 840 people had been tested, then we're not really grappling with the right questions," said Edward Flores, faculty director of the UC Merced Community and Labor Center, summarizing the group's findings.
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