July 25, 2011 at 05:59 PM
OSHA and the European Union should work together more to advance global occupational safety and health goals, agency chief David Michaels told international leaders during a visit to Brussels in mid-July. Such collaborative approaches could help OSHA make headway in several areas, including updates to permissible exposure limits (PELs), one of Michaels' regulatory priorities, sources say. The EU and the United States face similar challenges in key areas, he said, including poorly controlled exposure to numerous chemicals; emerging technologies with new and often unknown hazards; an aging work