It's not my responsibility/fault

It's not my responsibility/fault

Cry Wolf Quotes

[99 percent of mining accidents] are due absolutely to the carelessness or willful negligence of the men employed in them [sic].

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Industry publication Coal Trade Bulletin.
05/01/1905 | Full Details | Law(s): Mine Safety Act of 1910

In summary, epidemiologic evidence supports the position that airborne lead in the concentrations found in the general ambient atmosphere is, at most, a minor contributor to lead in blood. The increment of quantity of the airborne lead contribution even if it can be deduced, is biologically meaningless.

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Dr Jerome F. Cole, director of environmental health for the Lead Industries Association. The Los Angeles Times.
11/09/1975 | Full Details | Law(s): Phase Out of Leaded Gasoline

Unfortunately, the atmosphere we’re now in prohibits objective scientists from coming forward. And why should they, when they would be crucified by the press, the E.P.A. and the environmentalists? . . . Our stance has been that lead from gasoline does not and has not caused health problems, and I have not seen any data that convinces me differently.

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Donald R. Lynam, director of air conservation at the Ethyl Corporation. The New York Times.
08/05/1984 | Full Details | Law(s): Phase Out of Leaded Gasoline

We firmly believe behavior modification and training are the keys to ensure miners know and want to do their work in a safe manner.

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Bill K. Caylor, president of the Kentucky Coal Association. Op-ed, Louisville Courier-Journal.
02/05/2006 | Full Details | Law(s): Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (MINER)
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