Mining Disasters
“Basic protections are still lacking” (Occup Environ Med 2010;67:361) cited several coal-mining tragedies earlier this year and addressed the concern that millions of workers worldwide continue to work...
View ArticleTermination: Education Research Centers
The Fiscal Year 2012 Budget released recently by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes termination of funding for the Educational and Research Centers (ERCs) Program within the...
View ArticleIndustry attorney warns against publishing papers on diesel exhaust
OEM recently received a letter from an attorney in the United States referring to an order of a US district court and warning us not to publish papers from a NIOSH/NCI study on the effects of diesel...
View ArticlePapers on diesel exhaust released for publication
I wrote recently about attempts by an industry group to prevent publication of key papers on the risk of cancer among workers exposed to diesel exhaust. A mining industry coalition had obtained an...
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