As Amazon speeds up, a warehouse community braces for a deadly combo: air pollution and coronavirus

Grist
By Yvette CabreraMar 21, 2020, 3:59 am205 pts
Earlier this week, Amazon announced that it will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers across the country to handle the online shopping surge caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. This may be welcome news for those facing job losses and customers hoping for speedier deliveries of essential goods. But some in…

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