OSHA Enforcement Power Myth Debunked 1977 @markdcatlin

Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

In this short clip from a 1977 OSHA press conference, Ben Mintz, Solicitor for OSHA, responds to a reporter’s question about OSHA enforcement power. The reporter cites a comment by President Carter’s Attorney General Griffin Bell. Sadly, sometimes myths about OSHA are spread by folks who should know better.

OSHA Enforcement Power Myth Debunked 1977

Dan Berman MCHR CACOSH Conference 1973 Medical Committee for Human Rights

Dr Bingham Benzene ETS Press Conference April 29 1977 OSHA Eula statement only

Airborne transmission of Tb, 1966, Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service

The Asbestos Tragedy and Dr. Selikoff, from 1989 Video Those Who Know Don’t Tell

$Dont Hold Your Breath (Fight for it!) 1972 Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) An early air pollution film made by Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP). Partly funded by federal grants and partly by fundraising proceeds, this 18 minutes film was the work of GASP member Esther Kritzes. It was widely distributed in in the 1970s and recently digitized and posted to the GASP YouTube channel with several other interesting air pollution films from this environmental group. (http://www.youtube.com/user/GASPPgh). GASP was founded in 1969 by a group of 43 volunteers concerned about air quality issues in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Over the years, GASP has maintained a continuous program to educate the public on questions of pollution and its remediation. Through public meetings, engagement with the press, educational events, permit reviews, and other means, GASP has worked tirelessly to explain and combat our air quality problems. During these years, GASP has participated actively on various county, state, and national boards, with stakeholder groups, and on committees involved with environmental policy. In the 1970s, GASP went to Federal District Court to require Allegheny County to adopt standards based on the Clean Air Act. In the 1980s, GASP cooperated with the EPA in bringing about enforcement of air quality standards at the Clairton Coke Works. In the 1990s, GASP joined a successful EPA suit against LTV Corporation to enforce air quality standards at the firms Hazelwood plant, which subsequently closed. A GASP notice in 1998 of its intent to file suit against Shenango for long-standing air quality infractions at its Neville Island coke plant was preempted by a successful EPA suit on the same issue. In each case the court action resulted in substantial fines and/or remedial actions being imposed on the defendant. For more, visit the GASP website at http://gasp-pgh.org/ .$

Mining and Milling Ore for Titanium Dioxide 1954 National Lead Company

He Wanted To Change Conditions - Irving Selikoff, MD remembered by colleague Stephen Levin, MD 2009

Alice Hamilton Birthday Commemoration 1994 USDOL Dr. Ann Bookman US DOL Womens Bureau

George Guenther 1973 Interview on leaving OSHA

Dr. Rima Habib, 2017 International Health and Safety Award, OHS Section, APHA

Air Pollution Health Impacts 1972 Dont Hold Your Breathe GASP

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OSHA Enforcement Power Myth Debunked 1977