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NIOSH Meeting of the Advisory Board on August…

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health will be holding a public meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 9 and Wednesday, Aug. 10. The…

Advisory Board Sets Meetings

The Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) has established four subcommittees to address various aspects…

New Advisory Board to Hold First Meeting

The U.S. Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, has announced the establishment of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness…

U.S. DOL Extends Public Comment Period on EEOICPA…

The Department of Labor (DOL) has reopened the comment period for a proposed set of rule changes for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The comment period…

U.S. Senators Urge DOL To Delay New EEOICPA…

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander, R-TN and Tom Udall, D-NM, have urged the Department of Labor (DOL) to delay at least 72 new provisions that will make it…

Adjudication Process for EEOICPA Examined

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), recently published a report on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision-making process for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act…

Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, Nobody…

In this article, Joseph Sorrentino illustrates the negative consequences of uranium mining on miners’ health that have come to light only years later. Uranium mining and milling was a part…

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