Occupational licensing is increasingly widespread throughout American industry. Incumbent firms believe that licensing prevents competition by new entrants that would drive down prices. Public ...

American policymakers are approaching cross-ideological consensus about the use and abuse of occupational licensing. Occupational licensing is a kind of labor regulation that has spread across America ...

Workplace exposure to gases, dusts, fumes, and aromatic solvents used in paints, varnishes, and glues, is linked to waning lung capacity above and beyond that associated with normal aging, finds a ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of December 29, 1970, states “An Act: To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women …” Section 5 of the Act titled Duties goes on to ...

In 1985, the Army Research Institute (ARI) asked the National Academy of Sciences to explore the utility and effectiveness of various techniques to enhance human performance. The Academy, through the ...

Occupational xylene exposure in the breathing zone of 15 painters was measured during three consecutive workdays. The applicability of the use of different biological samples was tested by the ...