NIOSH chief John Howard says the agency is stepping up its cooperation with OSHA and also urging regulatory action in key areas where the research agency has centered its efforts -- including diacetyl and silica, two issues in which OSHA recently intensified its regulatory activities. Howard described several ways the agencies are working more closely, in an exclusive interview with Inside OSHA Online. Howard pointed to many “co-branded documents” that the two agencies have produced in consultation with each other as examples of their increased cooperation. OSHA chief David Michaels has also s
December 30, 2025