12-01-2019 23:31 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

Starbucks Outfitting Some Bathrooms With Needle-Disposal Boxes

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(CBS) — Starbucks is outfitting some of its restaurant bathrooms with needle-disposal boxes after workers complained about the potential health risk of cleaning up discarded drug paraphernalia.
The company is taking steps to address health worries that include HIV and hepatitis, both of which can be spread by used needles, Starbucks told CBS News in an email. “These societal issues affect us all and can sometimes place our partners (employees) in sc
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