Canaries in a couple of coal mines here folks. Orville Reddenbacher is
turning over in his grave!!!!!!!!
Who said concern for the common man should get in the way of corporate
profits? We must be on the alert to preserve the rights of our elites to
make money!!!!!!!!!
Be a patriot, scarf down an extra bag or two a week. The cancers we incur
will build mansions for future healthcare CEOs.
OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/washington/25osha.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1177520932-F71Yber9q9tnp+djrLkHqA
By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: April 25, 2007
WASHINGTON, April 24 - Seven years ago, a Missouri doctor discovered a
troubling pattern at a microwave popcorn plant in the town of Jasper. After
an additive was modified to produce a more buttery taste, nine workers came
down with a rare, life-threatening disease that was ravaging their lungs.
J. D. Pooley for The New York Times
Keith Campbell, 49, became ill after having worked for two years at a
microwave popcorn factory in Marion, Ohio.
Puzzled Missouri health authorities turned to two federal agencies in
Washington. Scientists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, which investigates the causes of workplace health problems, moved
quickly to examine patients, inspect factories and run tests. Within months,
they concluded that the workers became ill after exposure to diacetyl, a
food-flavoring agent.
But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, charged with
overseeing workplace safety, reacted with far less urgency. It did not step
up plant inspections or mandate safety standards for businesses, even as
more workers became ill.
On Tuesday, the top official at the agency told lawmakers at a Congressional
hearing that it would prepare a safety bulletin and plan to inspect a few
dozen of the thousands of food plants that use the additive.
That response reflects OSHA's practices under the Bush administration, which
vowed to limit new rules and roll back what it considered cumbersome
regulations that imposed unnecessary costs on businesses and consumers.
Across Washington, political appointees - often former officials of the
industries they now oversee - have eased regulations or weakened enforcement
of rules on issues like driving hours for truckers, logging in forests and
corporate mergers.
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Yer doin' a heck of a job, ______________.
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Since George W. Bush became president, OSHA has issued the fewest
significant standards in its history, public health experts say. It has
imposed only one major safety rule. The only significant health standard it
issued was ordered by a federal court.
Kill enough of us off, Georgie, and there won't be enough healthy cattle
around to help your decendants invade Kazakstan!!!!!!!!!!
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