According to ISHN reader research, the majority of EHS pros do not want to see a more activist OSHA, issuing more standards than pros have time to handle.
At the recent International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) Executive Summit in Tucson, Ariz., Frank White, a former top OSHA aide and currently senior vice president of the consulting firm ORC Worldwide’s Washington, D.C., office, presented an up to the minute overview of what he called “Strong winds of change” – safety and health policy and legislation in the Obama era.
These articles provide background on possible new directions at OSHA, and in many cases are written by influential though leaders of a more activist OSHA, or recent Obama appointees with influence on OSHA (OMB’s regulatory czar Cass Sunstein)
You might want to go out and purchase a copy of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health (Oxford University Press, 2008), written by Dr. David Michaels, research professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Several sources tell ISHN that Dr. Michaels is very close to being named by the Obama administration as permanent assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health.
You might want to go out and purchase a copy of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health (Oxford University Press, 2008), written by Dr. David Michaels, research professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Several sources tell ISHN that Dr. Michaels is very close to being named by the Obama administration as permanent assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson last week called for key changes to the process for reviewing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) to protect human health and the environment.
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