Activist asbestos inspector faces threats, industry backlash

By Jim Morris and Marcelo Soares

Official endures threats, ostracism – and now a lawsuit for activism

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Asbestos test under fire in Japan

By Scilla Alecci

Following the money on asbestos

By David E. Kaplan

India: An out of control asbestos market

By Marina Walker Guevara

EPA allowed unsafe handling of asbestos, IG says

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners

By Chris Hamby

Persistent black lung, scourge of coal, found in autopsies of Massey miners

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

GOP budget move stalls black lung plan

By Ken Ward Jr.

Miners say Upper Big Branch mine cheated on dust sampling

By Ken Ward Jr.

IMPACT: Labor Dept. assembling expert team on mine dust enforcement after CPI-NPR investigation

By Chris Hamby

Too tight on toxins?

By Matthew Lewis

The Bush admin is on its way out and strict workplace toxicity regulations may be going with it. Political appointees at the Department of L

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Welding's toxic legacy

By Jim Morris

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

But does it work?

By Chris Hamby

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Costs for 9/11 emergency responders’ health plan under scrutiny

By Laurel Adams

The federal government has failed to provide detailed information on health services for World Trade Center emergency responders, despite a

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Landmark diesel exhaust study stalled amid industry and congressional objections

By Jim Morris

Radiation panel fairness questioned

By Jim Morris, Brendan McGarry and Marina Walker Guevara

White House urges end to programs that can make dangerous jobs safer

By Jim Morris

Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

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'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

OSHA too generous in cutting fines, watchdog says

By Julie Vorman

In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

Diesel dangers: Mining companies get first look at government cancer study

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published t

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

White House urges end to programs that can make dangerous jobs safer

By Jim Morris

California's 'safe' workplaces include employers with spotty records

By FairWarning

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

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Brain cancer trial may influence science on toxic chemical

By Jim Morris

A McCullom Lake, Ill., plant, operated by Rohm and Haas, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., is at the root of a potentially groundbreaking la

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Landmark diesel exhaust study stalled amid industry and congressional objections

By Jim Morris

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Key findings

By The Int'l Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Digital mammography no better than film for most women, despite increased costs

By Joe Eaton

Canadian health group demands disclosure on asbestos

By Jim Morris

For the past year, the Canadian Public Health Association has sought details on the financial relationship between Canada’s Ministry of Natu

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Asbestos test under fire in Japan

By Scilla Alecci

India: An out of control asbestos market

By Marina Walker Guevara

Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

America’s asbestos age

By Jim Morris

Expert: New toxic chemicals report “unprecedented”

By Jim Morris

In a new report, the President’s Cancer Panel emphatically reinforced what public health officials and activists have been saying for decade

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'Chemicals of concern' list stuck at OMB

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

New scrutiny of worker safety excludes some chemical plants

By Chris Hamby

EPA agrees to reveal secret identities of potentially risky chemicals

By Chris Hamby

California's 'safe' workplaces include employers with spotty records

By FairWarning

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OSHA workplace samples: Millions of records out of reach

By Jim Morris

Toxic exposures on the job cause the premature deaths of some 49,000 Americans each year, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administrat

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OSHA reforms Voluntary Protection Programs

By Alice Su

IMPACT: OSHA's 'model workplace' program needs reform, report finds

By Chris Hamby

'Model' workplaces avoid special government scrutiny targeting hazardous industries

By Chris Hamby

Bush administration kills safety regulation opposed by donors

By Bill Dawson

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