Residents of a Chicago suburb are demanding answers and calling for greater regulation of the chemical ethylene oxide after many of them contracted cancer and other serious illnesses following decades of exposure to the gas. And now elected officials in the state of Illinois are making the same arguments. The Environmental Protection Agency has … [Read more...]
Workplace Safety in Peril: California Challenges Trump’s Weakening of OSHA Rules
California Governor Jerry Brown is going head to head with the Trump Administration as Trump and his cabinet try to eviscerate the civil protections President Obama initiated. Trump intends to: accelerate deportation of undocumented immigrants weaken auto emission standards that even automakers think are too lax eliminate net … [Read more...]