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“When I worked in USA professional astronomy it was understaffed, we could not keep up with maintenance tasks, salaried employees were working extremely long unpaid hours, the telescopes were in extreme environments, and there were some shady health and safety issues.”

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“The only workplace that prevented a health and safety visit from occurring during my career was professional astronomy. They were adamant that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were not going to be allowed to visit the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, USA. They were successful in canceling the scheduled OSHA visit and the result was I became much sicker as time progressed while working there. Part of that sickness was suspected mercury poisoning.”