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OSHA, SBREFA and diacetyl
Last week, the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel submitted its “Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act” (SBREFA) Panel Report to acting OSHA chief Jordan Barab, on the draft… more →
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OSHA, SBREFA and diacetyl
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Celeste Monforton wrote 4 months ago: Last week, the Small Business Advocacy Review Panel submitted its “Small Business Regulatory E … more →
Is a meeting "public" if they don't tell us: Part II
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Celeste Monforton wrote 6 months ago: A few days ago, I expressed my annoyance with OSHA about its SBREFA meeting on the draft proposed r … more →
Is a meeting "public" if you don't tell the public?
Celeste Monforton wrote 6 months ago: Two months ago, I applauded OSHA for announcing that its SBREFA panel meeting on a draft diacetyl pr … more →
OSHA's small biz list for diacetyl rule
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Celeste Monforton wrote 7 months ago: Labor Secretary Solis announced today the next step in OSHA’s effort to propose a rule to prot … more →
Popcorn Lung Becomes Butterscotch Lung
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Liz Borkowski wrote 7 months ago: The lung disease bronchiolitis obliterans came to be called “popcorn workers lung” because this once … more →
OSHA's New Direction on Diacetyl
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Celeste Monforton wrote 8 months ago: With an announcement today in the Federal Register, Labor Secretary Solis’ OSHA is moving in a … more →
OSHA Sends Diacetyl Document to OMB
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Celeste Monforton wrote 11 months ago: [See update at end of post] The OMB website which lists those rules currently under review by OIRA h … more →
Popcorn Lung Roadhouse Blues
Celeste Monforton wrote 11 months ago: TO: All worker health and safety advocates, seekers of justice and protections for working people, … more →
Senators Press OSHA on Diacetyl
Celeste Monforton wrote 1 year ago: Four U.S. Senators have written to Labor Secretary Chao and OSHA Asst. Secretary Foulke expressing s … more →
Popcorn Lawsuits and a Weak Regulatory System
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Liz Borkowski wrote 1 year ago: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Andrew Schneider reports on another lawsuit from a consumer who say … more →
Diacetyl in Kitchens - Investigations Underway
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Liz Borkowski wrote 1 year ago: Back in December, Andrew Schneider reported in the Seattle PI that the use of diacetyl-containing co … more →
Diacetyl Still Around, Still a Problem
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David Michaels wrote 1 year ago: Diacetyl – the butter-flavoring chemical linked to severe lung disease in food and flavoring workers … more →
Diacetyl in Kitchens: Unions and Lawmakers Push for Action
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Liz Borkowski wrote 1 year ago: Last month, Andrew Schneider reported in the Seattle PI that the use of diacetyl-containing cooking … more →
Open Laboratory 2007
David Michaels wrote 1 year ago: Science bloggers Bora Zivkovic (also known as Coturnix) and Reed Cartwright, assisted by a panel of … more →
Who's Looking After the Cooks' Lungs?
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Celeste Monforton wrote 1 year ago: OSHA? No. It’s Andrew Schneider and his colleagues at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In … more →
International Union Urges Diacetyl Action
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Liz Borkowski wrote 2 years ago: Europe is often ahead of the US when it comes to protecting its people from environmental and occupa … more →
EPA Microwave Popcorn Emissions Study Finally Published
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David Michaels wrote 2 years ago: The long awaited EPA study of chemicals emitted when microwave popcorn is popped has just been publi … more →
Will OSHA Prove Us Wrong?
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David Michaels wrote 2 years ago: Just before the House passed legislation last month requiring OSHA to regulate diacetyl, OSHA’s pres … more →
OSHA Official's Alternate Reality
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David Michaels wrote 2 years ago: Are the political appointees who run OSHA delusional or merely mendacious? In her column in today’s … more →
