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A tattered safety net for workers

by Yue Qiu and Jamie Smith Hopkins June 29, 2015January 6, 2023

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A tattered safety net for workers

by Yue Qiu and Jamie Smith Hopkins, Center for Public Integrity
June 29, 2015

					<h1>A tattered safety net for workers</h1>
<p class="byline">by Yue Qiu and Jamie Smith Hopkins, Center for Public Integrity <br />June 29, 2015</p>
					
<p class="guff">Federal workplace exposure limits for chemicals are meant to safeguard people from significant harm. Often they don’t, as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration <a href="https://www.osha.gov/dsg/annotated-pels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">itself warns</a>. <a href="https://publicintegrity.org/2015/06/29/17518/slow-motion-tragedy-american-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">See related story »</a></p>
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