U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules
by Carol D. Leonnig - Washington Post Staff Writer - washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers' on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins.
The agency did not disclose the proposal, as required, in public notices of regulatory plans that it filed in December and May. Instead, Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's intention to push for the rule first surfaced on July 7, when the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted on its Web site that it was reviewing the proposal, identified only by its nine-word title.
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Mold On FEMA Trailers Prompts Anger From Midwest Flood Victims
Agency Working on Response
by thedailygreen.com
It's more trouble for FEMA, this time over mold that has been discovered in disaster trailers put up for victims of flooding in the Midwest.
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LIVING IN IOWA: Mold Hysteria Accompanies FEMA’s Katrina Trailers Offered to Victims of Iowa’s Flood
by Dan Brawner - mtvernonlisbonsun.com
July 23, 2008 - Apparently, even after our record-breaking flood and incessant rains, Iowa doesn’t have enough mold of its own. So, FEMA has to import special Katrina mold in 200 mobile homes it is offering to Iowa flood victims.
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School Takes Action On Mold Problem
by wtov9.com
BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio - UPDATED: 8:43 am EDT July 24, 2008 -- An elementary school in Belmont County is trying to quash a mold problem that’s surfaced.
Environmentalists, school board members and teachers met at Union Local Elementary to discuss the problems on Wednesday night.
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U of I Dorm Busy Removing Mold
by BEN FORNELL - Register Correspondent - desmoinesregister.com
Iowa City, Ia. — Getting rid of mold from last month's record flooding has been the main focus for the largest University of Iowa dormitory to be ready by moving-in day on Aug. 18, school officials said Wednesday.
Parents have asked questions about air quality for incoming freshmen, who largely make up the residents in the 1,000-bed Mayflower Hall.
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