NIOSH director: Time to go 24/7 with safety and health efforts
Dr. John Howard, MD, director of NIOSH, declared in speech last month it's time for workplace safety and health programs to focus on both preventing work-related illness, injury and disability, and in a larger sense promoting healthy living and lifestyles to reduce and prevent chronic disease.
Speaking at NIOSH's "Steps to a Healthier U.S. Workforce" symposium, Dr. Howard said, "For too long there has been a disconnect within our prevention communities — between those interested in control of risks from work and those focused on risk reduction outside the workplace.