Epidemiologist, longest serving OSHA head (2009-17)
Author: Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception @gwpublichealth https://t.co/oj2EmswMhB
Oct 28, 2022 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Did zoom kill workers?
Not directly, but yes. Hear me out.
Results of a new #CDC@NCHStats study: workers who couldn't work from home were at greatly increased risk of dying from #COVID.
Workers who could work from home were less likely to die. 1/ 🧵 tinyurl.com/bdd2rc3k
Industries where workers had higher risk dying from #COVID include transportation & warehousing; healthcare & social assistance; waste services; public administration; agriculture, forestry, fishing, & hunting; wholesale trade; accommodation & food services; & manufacturing 2/
It hires children at high hazard manufacturing plants.
@Reuters finds immigrant children employed at Alabama metal stamping parts manufacturing plant. Safety is a problem at these plant too. @jschney
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In 2015, when I was #OSHA Administrator, I visited Korea and met with #Hyundai and #Kia top management, to warn them of the poor safety management and the risk to workers in their supplier manufacturing facilities in Georgia and Alabama. 2/
Mar 30, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
The alcoholic beverage industry has long claimed that “moderate” drinking is not harmful – even that is good for you, reducing mortality risk. That is not true, of course.
The industry has manufactured uncertainty about the harms of alcohol for years. 1/ 🧵
As I write in my book “The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception,” the alcohol industry has long disputed studies showing increased mortality risk from “moderate” alcohol consumption. 2/ tinyurl.com/9xf6yeyu
Nov 8, 2021 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
A short thread on the opposition to #OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard.
The rule is a straightforward public health measure which requires large employers to insist that workers who are not vaccinated be tested weekly and wear a mask, to avoid infecting other workers. 1/
Opposition to this rule is being led by the retail industry and aided by 3 highly partisan judges who have already made blatantly political ruling.
I ran OSHA for 7 years – please allow me to explain how outrageous this opposition is. 2/
@OSHA_DOL will issue a mandatory standard later this month that will likely conflict with actions by @GovAbbott and some other governors to end virus exposure prevention efforts in businesses.
