Dr. David Michaels

When I got to OSHA in 2009, I found that certainly many employers really recognized the importance of OSHA.

They were certainly not scared of OSHA.

They were concerned about getting citations.

But really, they did want to make sure their workers were safe.

OSHA health standards are so out of date that they're pretty much irrelevant for many of the employers who worry about these exposures.

They recognize that they have to be safer than OSHA requires them to be.

And they are.

These days, I don't see many positive outcomes in public health.

I think the research won't be done.

I don't see industry coming together and saying collectively, we need to fund this research.

And that's unfortunate.