Category: Issue 330
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Public Health Activists Urge SEC to Increase Corporate Disclosures of Emerging Risks
The Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) has requested that the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) include in its 2010 2015 strategic plan the development of guidance for public companies requiring narrative disclosures in their annual financial reports about emerging risks such as nanotechnology. Attached to the IEHN November 15, 2009, letter is a report titled…
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Labor Secretary Initiates Peer Review of Diacetyl Health Risks
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the availability of its semiannual regulatory agenda, which includes plans to conduct a peer review of the health effects and risks associated with diacetyl in the workplace. According to DOL, “emerging hazards such as food flavorings containing diacetyl and airborne infectious diseases place American workers at risk of serious disease and…