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The [tunnel’s] accelerants cure the grout that seals the tunnel’s concrete supports, helping the grout set properly and protecting the work against cracks and other deterioration. They also seriously burn exposed human skin. At the Encore dig site, such burns became almost routine, workers there told Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An investigation by the state OSHA, which Bloomberg Businessweek has obtained via a freedom of information request, describes workers being scarred permanently on their arms and legs. According to the investigation, at least one employee took a direct hit to the face. In an interview with Businessweek, one of the tunnel workers recalls the feeling of exposure to the chemicals: “You’d be like, ‘Why am I on fire?’”

  • eveninghere@beehaw.org
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    4 months ago

    How would people on Mars even claim their rights? I never heard a country recognize their own jurisdiction on Mars.

    If Musk enslaves these people, not return them to earth, etc., how can they stop that from Mars?

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      4 months ago

      Poorly. There would have to be a revolution after a generation or two, might take longer.