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Federal advisory committee urges Obama Administration to act on worker safety regulations

cmonforton | January 5, 2012

A federal advisory committee is urging HHS Secretary Sebelius and Labor Secretary Solis to proceed expeditiously with new worker safety regulations. In letters sent recently to these Cabinet-level officials, the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, (NACOSH) the committee used phrases such as "deeply distressed," and "concerned and disappointed," to characterize the Obama Administration's stalled efforts to advance new worker health and safety regulations. NACOSH was established by Congress in 1970 as part of the law that created federal OSHA. The 12-person…

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