OSHA Director Claims Regulations For Workplace Exposure to Infectious Agents Are Inadequate
The title is taken from a quote in a New York Times piece headlined: Safety Rules Can't Keep Up With Biotech Industry. The article details several accidents resulting in serious injury or death plus an alleged whistleblower's $1.4 million recovery. David Michaels, author of "Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health", and now Director of OSHA, is also quoted as saying "[w]orker safety cannot be sacrificed on the altar of innovation."
A new Rachel Carson and a new Erin Brockovich have already been proclaimed; now it seems there's also a new Karen Silkwood and a new Eula Bingham. The casting is complete. If this production has a run like the last one mass tort lawyers will be busy for years to come.
