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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Biden’s 11th-Hour Ethylene Oxide Decision Continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s Expansion Into Occupational Safety

On January 14, 2025, the Biden administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a last-minute “interim” decision in the Federal Register for its review of ethylene oxide (EtO) under the Federal Insecticide,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Reminder — Cal/OSHA Emergency Regulation to Protect Workers from Wildfire Smoke Now in Effect

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Seyfarth Synopsis: CalOSHA emergency regulation for workers exposed to wildfire smoke.. With wildfires now active in many parts of California, it’s important that employers in California remember Cal/OSHA’s emergency...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Enforcement of OSHA’s Silica Standards in Full Swing

In March 2016, OSHA published its standards for respirable crystalline silica in general industry/maritime (29 C.F.R. § 1910.1053) and in construction (§ 1926.1153), both of which have been phased in. ...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Tightening Silica Exposure Standards

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On June 23, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) implemented one of the final legs of a new rule limiting worker exposure to crystalline silica (or simply “silica”). ...more

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