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Battling for Bayer

Cross-posted from Sustained Outrage: a Gazette Watchdog Blog by Ken Ward, Jr. Bayer CropScience hasn’t said yet if it will challenge $143,000 in fines issued by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 13 serious and 2 repeat violations...

Published Mon, Mar 02 2009 9:12 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Regulation, Environmental Health, Legal
OMB Seeks Public Input on Regulatory Process

Updated below (3/17/09) OMB Director Peter Orszag announced in a Federal Register notice last week that his office is interested in hearing your views on the federal regulatory process. The Request for Comments on new Executive Order on Federal Regulatory...

Published Mon, Mar 02 2009 8:02 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Regulation, Environmental Health, Politics
Do the tropics have a flu season?

by revere, cross-posted from Effect Measure The scientific literature is full of specialized papers that on their face would seem to be of little interest. Here’s a title like that: “Prevalence and seasonality of influenza-like illness in...

Published Mon, Mar 02 2009 7:10 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Infectious diseases, Health