The Nation - News from Dec. 6, 1985
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued revisions in the 7-year-old regulation that protects more than 170,000 workers in textile and other industries from the effects of cotton dust. The revisions, which stem largely from the Reagan Administration’s commitment to deregulation, reduce some of the standard’s worker-protection requirements. However, the changes in the regulation “guarantee the continuation of the necessary protections,” Labor Secretary William E. Brock III said in a statement.
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