OSHA's Asbestos Standard Evidence

Applying Quality Criteria to Exposure in Asbestos Epidemiology Increases the Estimated Risk

05/29/2011

By Alex Burdorf and Dick Heederik. British Occupational Hygiene Society. May 29, 2011.

Industry Opposition to Government Regulation

10/01/2010

Pew Environmental Group. October 2010.

“Industry Opposition to Government Regulation” provides a nice chart comparing the real price tags of environmental, safety, and health regulations to industry’s original estimation of their costs. Very clear, very succinct.

A Repeat Call for the Banning of Asbestos

07/01/2010

By Linda S. Birnbaum, Jane C. Schroeder, Hugh A. Tilson. Environmental Health Perspectives. July 1, 2010.

The Going-Out-Of-Business Myth

07/01/2005

OMB Watch. July 2005.

OMB Watch compiled this useful chart of the predicted costs of various federal regulations, including OSHA standards, and the actual costs (“The Going-Out-of-Business Myth”). It includes an “Ex Ante” and an “Ex Post” column. Very good for a quick look at the industry’s history of exaggeration.

Behind the Numbers: Polluted Data

11/01/1997

Eban Goodstein and Hart Hodges. The American Prospect. November 1, 1997.

This impressively comprehensive report, "Behind the Numbers: Polluted Data," exposes the over-exaggerated price estimates of academics, business groups, and even regulatory agencies themselves.

The Myths About Asbestos

01/01/1995

Authors unknown. London Hazards Centre. 1995.

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