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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.
August 29, 2008
Category: Blog roundup
Bloggers give us the dirt on the VP picks announced this week. There’s already info on McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin: Gristmill gives us a snapshot of Palin’s record on energy and environmental issues, and compiles statements from and about...
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Category: Environmental Health
by revere, cross-posted at Effect Measure I used to joke that the only plan the Bush administration had for dealing with air pollution was to put all the free radicals in jail. If you don't know what a free radical is,...
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August 28, 2008
Category: Regulation
Will someone just go and put up a sign "Proudly Screwing Workers: 2,827 Straight Days" on the Labor Department building? Late yesterday I learned that Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, Asst. Secretary Leon Sequeira and her other political minions sent a proposed rule to the...
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August 27, 2008
Category: Occupational Health & Safety
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that as many as 300,000 combat veterans have suffered at least one concussion, according to Pentagon estimates. Victims of these injuries can suffer a range of symptoms, from dizziness and persistent headaches...
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Category: Safety
by Tom Bethell (Posted with permission from The Mountain Eagle, Whitesburg, KY) Just when you think you’ve seen it all, somebody in the Bush administration comes up with another way to compromise somebody else’s rights. The latest example is Richard...
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August 26, 2008
Category: Safety
Hmph! I just read on the OMB/OIRA website that they have completed their review of Labor Secretary Chao's proposal to change the way that OSHA and MSHA assess workers' risk of health hazards. The OIRA website notice says their review was completed...
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August 25, 2008
Category: Regulation
It looks like California is once again picking up the slack for a federal agencies failing in their regulatory responsibilities. In this case, they’re addressing the issue of chemicals in consumer products, as a step toward a broader “Green Chemistry...
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Category: Safety
On Saturday afternoon, I sat at my computer screen and watched Barack Obama announce Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. I think it's a good pick for a multitude of reasons---some personal, some political and some practical. When Biden spoke on Saturday,...
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August 24, 2008
Category: Regulation
Imagine being an MSHA inspector and being asked by independent investigators for your honest and frank opinion about the events surrounding the August 2007 disaster at the Crandall Canyon mine, which took the lives of nine men. You decide to participate...
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August 22, 2008
Category: Blog roundup
With the presidential contest heating up, bloggers’ thoughts turn to U.S. healthcare reform: Lisa Codispoti at Womenstake presents the numbers that show just how bad conditions are now. Brian Klepper at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review explains the crucial...
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