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The Human Cost of Trump’s Rollback of Regulations
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 Apr. 21, 2017 | SAFETY & HEALTH | After numerous efforts under other presidents failed, the Obama administration finally tightened the regulations covering silica last year, further restricting the amount of dust that employers can legally expose workers to. The tougher standards were 45 years in the making, the subject of in-depth scientific research and intense lobbying by business groups and safety experts. When the rules were finalized in March 2016, occupational health experts hailed them as a life-saving milestone. But now the enforcement of the rules has been delayed ? and the rules themselves could be in jeopardy. Last week, the Trump administration announced that it was pushing back the implementation of the new silica regulations… huffingtonpost.com
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