Regulation in the News
by Guest Blogger, 12/6/2005
F.D.A. Official Chides Agency Over Treatment: A federal drug safety official said that her career had been sidetracked after complaints from a drug maker led the F.D.A. to suspend her from reviewing a medicine for dogs.
New Rules, New Anxiety : Two new government initiatives aimed at airline travelers -- one focusing on terror, the other on infectious disease -- have sparked an outcry of concern from many frequent fliers.
NHTSA in for a Fight Over 'Roof-Crush Rule'
Federal Government Withholds Information About Nearly One Million Workers — Close to Half the Total Civilian Workforce :
The federal government is unlawfully withholding information it normally provides the public about approximately 900,000 of its civilian employees, including employees working for such agencies as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to a suit filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Government Should Warn About Mercury in Fish, Says CSPI : The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should urge states to require easy-to-understand advice about mercury in fish right at the seafood counter, according to the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)...
Nanotechnology Regulation Needed, Critics Say : Amid growing evidence that some of the tiniest materials ever engineered pose potentially big environmental, health and safety risks, momentum is building in Congress, environmental circles and in the industry itself to beef up federal oversight of the new materials, which are already showing up in...
