The Bush administration is trying to push through a new workplace safety rule to weaken workers' protections against toxic chemicals before Bush's term ends, according to The Washington Post. The rule, which has not been made public, would mandate a reevaluation of the methods used to measure risks to workers from toxic exposure in the workplace. The rule would also require the U.S. Department of Labor to entertain additional challenges to its risk assessments before establishing new limits on exposure to chemicals. So far, work on the proposal has reportedly been fast-tracked and has been conducted largely in secret, drawing sharp criticism from worker advocates. "This is a guarantee to keep any more worker safety regulation from ever coming out of [the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration]," said workplace safety professor David Michaels. "This is being done in secrecy, to be sprung before President Bush leaves office, to cripple the next administration," he said. Once it's published, the rule will be open to public comment for 30 days.
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Feds rush to weaken workplace safety rules on toxics before term ends 3
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Posted 9:10 AM on 23 Jul 2008
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alphaniner Posted 5:40 am
23 Jul 2008
Satan
George W. Bush
Boris Badenough & Natasha Fatale
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Grist decides 2008!
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pamela duffy Posted 10:30 am
23 Jul 2008
If I were in better health, I would definetly become and advocate for revamped EPA laws. Make these companies account for their negligence. How much is a life worth? Because they are trading a life for weakened, uninforced rules, all for money and all in the name of politics. what a very sad chain of events. we should be ashamed of ourselves.
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mtvyfan Posted 12:19 am
24 Jul 2008
I guess if OSHA comes knocking on your door with a potential citing and fining of a company, all that company has to do to get around it is write Bush or the GOP a check and no violation.
Pretty sad that the workers are going to be the ones to suffer.
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