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adapted from green, safe, and healthy jobs centers for disease control and prevention overview there are benefits as well as challenges of moving to a green economy. green jobs are being defined broadly as jobs that help to improve the environment. these jobs also create opportunities to help revitalize the economy and get people back to work. yet, with the heightened attention on green jobs and environmental sustainability, it is important to make sure that worker safety and health are not overlooked. as part of the prevention through design initiative, the national institute for occupational safety and health (niosh) and its partners are developing a framework to create awareness, provide guidance, and address occupation safety and health issues associated with green jobs and sustainability efforts. background the american recovery and reinvestment act (2009) makes new investments in our nations future. this includes creating jobs to deliver on those investments in industries such as energy, utilities, construction, manufacturing, and job training. the new focus, coupled with energy efficiency and more environmentally-friendly practices, is resulting in changes to traditional jobs and the creation of new kinds of occupations. as we make technological advances in industry, we need to remain vigilant in protecting workers against emerging hazards. as traditional jobs evolve to perform different activities to perform green jobs and adaptations to new work activities, workers may be faced with known risks that had not previously affected them. these changes may also present us with the opportunity to eliminate hazardous work through design, organization and engineering—a concept known as prevention through design. our knowledge about old and new hazards intersects with challenges created by new technologies and adaptations to work activities. for the product of work to be truly sustainable, the work itself must also be sustainable. it must protect not only the surrounding environment and its workers, but also the workers who are performing it. sustainability must 1 select the correct answer. which statement from the first paragraph is an example of commentary? a. as part of the prevention through design initiative, the national institute for occupational safety and health (niosh) and its partners are developing a framework to create awareness, provide guidance, and address occupation safety and health issues associated with green jobs and sustainability efforts. b. these jobs also create opportunities to help revitalize the economy and get people back to work. c. green jobs are being defined broadly as jobs that help improve the environment. d. yet, with the heightened attention on green jobs and environmental sustainability, it is important to make sure that worker safety and health are not overlooked. reset next © 2026 edmentum. all rights reserved.

Explanation:

To determine the commentary, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Describes an initiative (factual statement).
• Option B: States a fact about green jobs creating opportunities.
• Option C: Provides a definition (factual).
• Option D: Offers an opinion/commentary on the importance of worker safety in the context of green jobs, rather than just stating a fact.

Answer:

D. Yet, with the heightened attention on green jobs and environmental sustainability, it is important to make sure that worker safety and health are not overlooked.