WTF Is It Now?!?

OSHA - that stands for Oh Shit, Haul Ass, right?
A misadministration hack threatens scientist over asbestos warning -

It took six years to get safety officials to issue warnings to auto mechanics that the brakes they're working on could contain lethal asbestos fibers. But it took only three weeks after the warnings were posted before a former top federal official with ties to the auto industry reportedly pushed to have them removed.

John Henshaw, a former head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, called Aug. 15 for the agency to make changes to its warnings.

But Ira Wainless, an OSHA scientist who wrote the advisory bulletin about asbestos in brakes, refused. Wainless cited dozens of studies, including work at his own agency, to show that his presentation of the medical risk to mechanics was solid.

Last week, David Ippolito, an official with OSHA's Directorate of Science, Technology and Medicine, told Wainless that he would be suspended without pay for 10 days if the changes weren't made, according to documents.

Keepin' us safer!

- m