#niosh — Public Fediverse posts
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Report Finds Workers Are Less Safe After Trump’s First Year in Office
Danger on the job is on the rise as federal funding, workplace inspections, and safety regulations decline.https://murica.website/2026/01/report-finds-workers-are-less-safe-after-trumps-first-year-in-office/
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Report Finds Workers Are Less Safe After Trump’s First Year in Office
Danger on the job is on the rise as federal funding, workplace inspections, and safety regulations decline.https://murica.website/2026/01/report-finds-workers-are-less-safe-after-trumps-first-year-in-office/
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#NIOSH, the #workplace #health research agency, has been in upheaval since the spring, when #RFKJr began attempting to terminate most of its #scientists. Operating on a budget of ~$360M, NIOSH for years has funded or conducted most of the #US’ workplace health & #safety research.
Much of its staff is currently on administrative leave as federal courts consider whether to let #HHS follow through with efforts to fire them.
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#NIOSH, the #workplace #health research agency, has been in upheaval since the spring, when #RFKJr began attempting to terminate most of its #scientists. Operating on a budget of ~$360M, NIOSH for years has funded or conducted most of the #US’ workplace health & #safety research.
Much of its staff is currently on administrative leave as federal courts consider whether to let #HHS follow through with efforts to fire them.
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In late summer, #HHS instructed #CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health to prepare research about #WindFarms’ impact on fishing businesses…. #RFKJr has personally met with #NIOSH director John Howard about the issue & listed particular experts for Howard’s team to contact. The office of the #US #SurgeonGeneral has also been involved…, which HHS leadership…had aimed to have completed within a couple months.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChange
https://archive.ph/2025.10.28-194544/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms -
In late summer, #HHS instructed #CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health to prepare research about #WindFarms’ impact on fishing businesses…. #RFKJr has personally met with #NIOSH director John Howard about the issue & listed particular experts for Howard’s team to contact. The office of the #US #SurgeonGeneral has also been involved…, which HHS leadership…had aimed to have completed within a couple months.
#Trump #ConspiracyTheories #ClimateChange
https://archive.ph/2025.10.28-194544/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/rfk-jr-orders-cdc-to-study-alleged-harms-of-offshore-wind-farms -
#TheGremlinZoo #BlackLung #NIOSH #HHS
From CNN.com: Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/health/coal-miners-niosh-hhs-kff
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#TheGremlinZoo #BlackLung #NIOSH #HHS
From CNN.com: Feds chop enforcement staff and halt rules meant to curb black lung in coal miners
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/health/coal-miners-niosh-hhs-kff
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Riley Moore stands out (again) as being especially egregious here but "taking credit for failing" is such a MAGA thing. Fight to take away rights and protections of citizens and then if they don't succeeded make a public display that rewrites history.
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Riley Moore stands out (again) as being especially egregious here but "taking credit for failing" is such a MAGA thing. Fight to take away rights and protections of citizens and then if they don't succeeded make a public display that rewrites history.
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West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley and attorney, Sam Petsonk won back 100 NIOSH workers jobs in Morgantown, WV and crucial to miner’s health Coal Workers Surveillance Program will be restored.
They took on RFK and the Trump admin—and won.
https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/judge-rules-that-niosh-programs-must-return/
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National Nurses United Petition to save NIOSH:
Millions of Workers’ Lives are in Danger – Speak Up Now!
The current administration has effectively shut down a small but critical federal agency that helps protect the lives of millions of workers across the country.
NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has been a lifeline for workers for more than 50 years. Among many other vital services, NIOSH inspects and certifies respirators like N95s and other personal protective equipment that has saved the lives of countless frontline health care workers – especially at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nurses continue to rely on this expertise to protect us and our patients from infectious diseases every day.
These cuts are extremely dangerous. Without these workplace safety protections, the lives of health care workers and all workers who rely on respiratory protections are at risk.
Join nurses in demanding Congress and the current administration protect workers and our communities by reinstating NIOSH. Sign our petition now:
#NIOSH #USpol #CovidIsNotOver #MeaslesIsHere #H5N1IsComing
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National Nurses United Petition to save NIOSH:
Millions of Workers’ Lives are in Danger – Speak Up Now!
The current administration has effectively shut down a small but critical federal agency that helps protect the lives of millions of workers across the country.
NIOSH, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, has been a lifeline for workers for more than 50 years. Among many other vital services, NIOSH inspects and certifies respirators like N95s and other personal protective equipment that has saved the lives of countless frontline health care workers – especially at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nurses continue to rely on this expertise to protect us and our patients from infectious diseases every day.
These cuts are extremely dangerous. Without these workplace safety protections, the lives of health care workers and all workers who rely on respiratory protections are at risk.
Join nurses in demanding Congress and the current administration protect workers and our communities by reinstating NIOSH. Sign our petition now:
#NIOSH #USpol #CovidIsNotOver #MeaslesIsHere #H5N1IsComing
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Between wildfires (my family had to evacuate for two days two months ago), #covid (still killing and disabling folk!) . . . what do they have in common?
Unfortunately, as the grifters in this administration strip our institutions for metaphorical copper wiring, #NIOSH , the org responsible for, among many things, certifying respirators and N95 masks, is being dismantled.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/trump-niosh-worker-safety-group
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Between wildfires (my family had to evacuate for two days two months ago), #covid (still killing and disabling folk!) . . . what do they have in common?
Unfortunately, as the grifters in this administration strip our institutions for metaphorical copper wiring, #NIOSH , the org responsible for, among many things, certifying respirators and N95 masks, is being dismantled.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/06/trump-niosh-worker-safety-group
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It is totally insane to basically eliminate #NIOSH. It provided top quality data on how to maintain a #healthy (=productive!) workforce. It’s also worth noting that not only the 900 NIOSH staff were laid off. They also cut most external NIOSH programs. In total this brings several thousand highly qualified experts on the global job market.
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It is totally insane to basically eliminate #NIOSH. It provided top quality data on how to maintain a #healthy (=productive!) workforce. It’s also worth noting that not only the 900 NIOSH staff were laid off. They also cut most external NIOSH programs. In total this brings several thousand highly qualified experts on the global job market.
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🎵 Is that the wind you hear howlin’ through the holler?
Or the ghost of a widow that cries?
For every man that died for a coal company dollar
A lung full of dust and a heart full of lies”
—“It’s About Blood,” Steve Earle (2020) 🎶
#BlackLung epidemic is tearing through #Appalachia, killing miners as young as their 30s. And the Trump admin just defunded #NIOSH, the worker health agency that’s been tracking it.2023
https://inthesetimes.com/article/coal-miners-black-lung-young-dying-old-mans-disease-kim-kelly -
Huge cuts at NIOSH mean that those who reply on respirators to keep themselves safe will have less protection. This impacts firefighters, miners, healthcare workers and all manner of industries.
It’s also devastating to the disability community.
“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/health/cdc-niosh-cuts-safety/index.html
#uspoli #fascism #maskswork #wearamask #niosh #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #disability
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Huge cuts at NIOSH mean that those who reply on respirators to keep themselves safe will have less protection. This impacts firefighters, miners, healthcare workers and all manner of industries.
It’s also devastating to the disability community.
“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.
Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.
Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/health/cdc-niosh-cuts-safety/index.html
#uspoli #fascism #maskswork #wearamask #niosh #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #disability
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"What good are all the population health efforts currently the fashion…if significant factors arising from work itself…are ignored…" — John Howard, #NIOSH Director (recently put on leave).
https://heighho.substack.com/p/john-howard-niosh-rfk-doge-safety
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All of #NIOSH respiratory & PPE organization is reported to have been fired. There is apparently no one left to manage the program to certify N95, N99 & N100 #respirators
> Among the teams where "all employees" are expected to be impacted, ... the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, which is tasked with vetting and approving N95 respirators among other personal protective equipment
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-layoffs-hhs-niosh-worker-safety-agency/
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All of #NIOSH respiratory & PPE organization is reported to have been fired. There is apparently no one left to manage the program to certify N95, N99 & N100 #respirators
> Among the teams where "all employees" are expected to be impacted, ... the National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, which is tasked with vetting and approving N95 respirators among other personal protective equipment
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-layoffs-hhs-niosh-worker-safety-agency/
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At least two-thirds of the staff at NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) are expected to be laid off as part of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s gutting of his agency.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-layoffs-hhs-niosh-worker-safety-agency/
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At least two-thirds of the staff at NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) are expected to be laid off as part of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s gutting of his agency.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-layoffs-hhs-niosh-worker-safety-agency/
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It's #respirator week at #NIOSH , So let's dive into a common question, does one-way masking work? 🌬️
Explore how effective one-way masking is against #COVID-19 in Part 4 of our series. Learn about different mask types and their protection levels.
Read more:
https://airsupportproject.com/does-one-way-masking-work-covid-19-series/
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It's #respirator week at #NIOSH , So let's dive into a common question, does one-way masking work? 🌬️
Explore how effective one-way masking is against #COVID-19 in Part 4 of our series. Learn about different mask types and their protection levels.
Read more:
https://airsupportproject.com/does-one-way-masking-work-covid-19-series/
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#CDC Advised To Weaken Infection Protections
> Aerosol researcher Jose-Luis Jimenez @jljcolorado added, “The Cochrane Review is scientific garbage.” He continued, “There is high-quality evidence from many angles that shows that, of course, #N95 masks are better.”
> Jimenez, was also critical that #HICPAC is “ignoring the huge body of evidence coming out of the pandemic” that most respiratory viruses have airborne transmission. “They don't mention ventilation at all. They don't address all the measures that you can do to remove the virus from room air.”
> Each expert I spoke with is also concerned about #HICPAC and the CDC’s secrecy. Jimenez said that #NIOSH experts he’s spoken with agree with him but “are basically forbidden from talking to the press.” This is because “if they talked freely about the science, it will contradict the policies of the #CDC,” he added.
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#CDC Advised To Weaken Infection Protections
> Aerosol researcher Jose-Luis Jimenez @jljcolorado added, “The Cochrane Review is scientific garbage.” He continued, “There is high-quality evidence from many angles that shows that, of course, #N95 masks are better.”
> Jimenez, was also critical that #HICPAC is “ignoring the huge body of evidence coming out of the pandemic” that most respiratory viruses have airborne transmission. “They don't mention ventilation at all. They don't address all the measures that you can do to remove the virus from room air.”
> Each expert I spoke with is also concerned about #HICPAC and the CDC’s secrecy. Jimenez said that #NIOSH experts he’s spoken with agree with him but “are basically forbidden from talking to the press.” This is because “if they talked freely about the science, it will contradict the policies of the #CDC,” he added.
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#Covid #ItsAirborne #CleanAir #AirFiltering #PublicHealthEngineering #MaskUp #5MicronError #Aerosols #ScientificMethod #RespiratoryDiseases
#HICPAC #CDC
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
#XavierBacerra #MandyCohen #AlexanderKallen #EricaShenoy #ShiraDoron #SharonWright#WorldHealthNetwork #WHN #KevinBell
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#Covid #ItsAirborne #CleanAir #AirFiltering #PublicHealthEngineering #MaskUp #5MicronError #Aerosols #ScientificMethod #RespiratoryDiseases
#HICPAC #CDC
Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee
#XavierBacerra #MandyCohen #AlexanderKallen #EricaShenoy #ShiraDoron #SharonWright#WorldHealthNetwork #WHN #KevinBell
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Fit Testing to ensure a good seal on your mask [Part 2]
This thread describes my quantitative fit testing experience with some real-world results of various types of #masks including #NIOSH #N95 and ear loop and how 1 mask leaked 70x more than the other on my face. 🧵 1/
The one page easier to share version of this thread can be found at: https://pingthread.com/thread/1655331142990528514
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Fit Testing to ensure a good seal on your mask [Part 2]
This thread describes my quantitative fit testing experience with some real-world results of various types of #masks including #NIOSH #N95 and ear loop and how 1 mask leaked 70x more than the other on my face. 🧵 1/
The one page easier to share version of this thread can be found at: https://pingthread.com/thread/1655331142990528514
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Here is one of the censored NIOSH test results pages (for the AirBoss 100) and an example of what the NIOSH test results *should* look like posted by SoftSeal on the website for their N95 masks.
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I requested respirator test data from NIOSH through the Freedom of Information Act. NIOSH censored it.
NIOSH wants you to think all approved respirators are the same. They are not. Breathability and filtration levels vary significantly, especially N95s.
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@whreq
For more info, check out how #NIOSH describes it all. In my opinion, they discuss some of this nuance fairly well...
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/hierarchy/default.html
