EPA has issued the first list of pesticides to be screened for possibly disrupting the endocrine system, the agency announced in a recent press release.
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced in a press statement $600 million in new funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for the cleanup of hazardous waste (Superfund) sites across the nation. In most cases, this recovery act funding will accelerate the hazardous waste cleanup already underway at the sites and fund new cleanup projects. It will also jumpstart the local economy by creating jobs in the site areas.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has launched a $1 million television ad campaign in five states to oppose the “Employee Free Choice Act,” also known as “Card Check.” The bill before Congress would effectively eliminate workers’ private vote when deciding whether or not to form a union, allow the federal government to set wages and working conditions, and impose one-sided penalties on employers, according to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce press release.
OSHA has cited Concept Packaging Inc. of Newburgh, N.Y., for 37 alleged violations of safety and health standards at its Dupont Avenue plant. The enamel bottling and packaging company faces $61,000 in proposed fines following OSHA inspections initiated in October 2008 in response to a complaint about unsafe conditions.
OSHA has proposed $60,000 in fines against G. Lopes Construction Inc. for allegedly failing to provide cave-in protection for employees working in a 6-foot, 3-inch-deep excavation located in front of 156 Winthrop St. in Taunton, Mass.
Joseph T. Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and chair of the Change to Win Immigration Task Force, and John Sweeney, International President of the AFL-CIO, today unveiled a unified framework for comprehensive immigration reform legislation, according to an AFL-CIO press release.
A first of its kind study funded by EPA shows that environmental education programs are an effective tool in helping to improve air quality in North America, according to a recent agency press release.
In the words of a safety professional whose career pre-dates the beginning of OSHA in 1971, the recent response to Labor Secretary Solis’ appointment of Jordan Barab as acting OSHA administrator and full-time deputy has been “underwhelming.”
OSHA has ordered United Parcel Service (UPS) to immediately rehire and pay back wages, benefits, compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages to a former Bay Area driver who was wrongfully terminated after he refused to drive after raising safety concerns, according to an OSHA press release.
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