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Liz Borkowski is a Research Associate at the George Washington University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She lives in Washington, DC and loves public transportation and pumpkin empanadas.
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH is a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She also spent a decade working for the US Department of Labor, and has served on the teams investigating the 2006 Sago mine disaster and 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster for the state of West Virginia.
May 31, 2007
Category: Regulation
"On January 11, 2006, my husband and best friend, Clyde Jones, was taken from me and the children, family, friends and community... He went to work one morning for the City that he loved to a job that he loved. He never...
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Category: Occupational Health & Safety
Tammy has posted another edition of the Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace at her Weekly Toll blog. It gives short writeups on 57 workplace deaths, including the following: * David Kessler, Jr., a 27-year-old communications worker from...
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President Bush has nominated Dr. James W. Holsinger, Jr. to be U.S. Surgeon General. Here's the short item from the Associated Press: President Bush has nominated a Kentucky cardiologist who is interested in fighting childhood obesity to be the next...
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May 30, 2007
Category: Conflict of Interest
By David Michaels Chris Cillizza of WashingtonPost.com's The Fix blog reports that former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) is "growing more and more serious about a run for president" - in fact, he's chosen a "campaign manager in waiting." Tom...
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Category: Occupational Health & Safety
Manuel Roig-Franzia at the Washington Post reports that over the past six years, more than 30 journalists have been killed in Mexico, and countless more have been kidnapped. Grenades have been thrown into newspaper offices in Cancun, Hermosillo and Nuevo...
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Category: Regulation
The Bush administration isn’t the first to expand executive branch influence over the activities of federal regulatory agencies (like FDA, EPA, and OSHA), but it has taken the practice to a new level. Now that the Democrats are controlling Congress,...
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May 29, 2007
Category: Flavoring Workers' Lung (Popcorn/Diacetyl)
By Liz Borkowski While we’re waiting to hear what EPA and ConAgra have learned from studying emissions from microwave popcorn, it’s worth remembering that airborne artificial butter flavoring isn’t the only concern associated with this particular convenience food. Rebecca Renner...
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Category: Flavoring Workers' Lung (Popcorn/Diacetyl)
By David Michaels "The cooperation of ConAgra Foods and the EPA has yielded a comprehensive understanding of butter flavor emissions for consumers." - Patricia Verduin, Senior Vice President Product Quality & Development, ConAgra Foods, Inc. in a November 29, 2004...
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Category: Science in the Courts
By David Michaels We've been writing for the past few months about U.S. regulatory agencies' failure to take meaningful action on diacetyl, a toxic component of artificial butter flavor, despite having been aware of its risks since at least the...
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May 28, 2007
Category: Regulation
By David Michaels The Chinese government has apparently recognized the importance of integrity in drug regulation. According to AP: China's top drug regulator was sentenced to death on charges of corruption and negligence, state media said Tuesday, the latest development...
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