Bush Planning To Issue 20 'Highly Contentious' Rules In Final Weeks

New York Times:

The Labor Department is racing to complete a new rule, strenuously opposed by President-elect Barack Obama, that would make it much harder for the government to regulate toxic substances and hazardous chemicals to which workers are exposed on the job.

The rule, which has strong support from business groups, says that in assessing the risk from a particular substance, federal agencies should gather and analyze "industry-by-industry evidence" of employees' exposure to it during their working lives. The proposal would, in many cases, add a step to the lengthy process of developing standards to protect workers' health.

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Comments

[OhgReaTone]

We are fortunate to be entering an era of practical governance. The losers of this last election are the extremists on the left and the right. ...........

http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/11/29/governing-from-center-left-or-center-right/

[arvada]

This guy needs good solid heart @tt@ck

[pangurban]

He has a heart?

[arvada]

My bad

[andvoodoo2]

LOL! Good one!

[andvoodoo2]

I would much rather see him live out his days in prison.

[labman57]

Great. Maybe we'll create a whole new generation of "Mad Hatters" which will further burden our inadequate health care system. So much for being proactive. "Pay me now or pay me later...."