David Michaels

David Michaels served as assistant secretary of labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 2009 to 2017. He is currently a professor of environmental and occupational health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University, and is the author of The Triumph of Doubt: Dark Money and the Science of Deception (Oxford University Press, 2020).

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What Trump Could Do Right Now to Keep Workers Safe From the Coronavirus

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has the power to institute emergency standards—but that would require the president to overcome his aversion to regulation.
- David Michaels
- March 2, 2020

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David Michaels

What Trump Could Do Right Now to Keep Workers Safe From the Coronavirus