Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Law
What We Learn In Troubled Times: Deregulation And Safe Work In The New Economy, Susan Bisom-Rapp
What We Learn In Troubled Times: Deregulation And Safe Work In The New Economy, Susan Bisom-Rapp
Faculty Scholarship
Reviews of how federal agencies functioned during George W. Bush’s presidency reveal many instances of regulatory capture by industry. One prototypical example is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the agency responsible for occupational safety and health (OSH) standard setting and enforcement. In contrast, a broad array of stakeholders during the Bush years gave good marks to an entirely separate agency, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which conducts research and develops recommendations to prevent workplace injury and illness. By reviewing the disparate performance of OSHA and NIOSH during the Bush administration, this article sheds light …
Genetic Testing For Susceptability To Disease From Exposure To Toxic Chemicals: Implications For Public And Worker Health Policies, Michael S. Baram
Genetic Testing For Susceptability To Disease From Exposure To Toxic Chemicals: Implications For Public And Worker Health Policies, Michael S. Baram
Faculty Scholarship
The Environmental Genome Program intends to identify "susceptibility genes" that would indicate if a person is more vulnerable to cancer or other disease as a result of exposure to certain chemicals in the workplace, the environment, foods, or other products. Research findings and the capability to test persons for such genes are likely to impugn and challenge health policies and regulatory programs that do not take genetic susceptibility into account when conferring health benefits and restricting chemical exposures. This article focuses on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and discusses four options available to this agency for protecting genetically …
Administrative Law Symposium: Question & Answer With Professors Elliott, Strauss, And Sunstein, Dick Pierce, Donald Elliott, Peter L. Strauss, Cass Sunstein
Administrative Law Symposium: Question & Answer With Professors Elliott, Strauss, And Sunstein, Dick Pierce, Donald Elliott, Peter L. Strauss, Cass Sunstein
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.