what?

you would think (any SANE person would think) king george's administration could not possibly do any more harm or evil than they already have. after all they only have a few more months to go (unless he declares himself georgie amin dada, dictator for life, that is)

well you couldn't be MORE wrong if you thought that.

U.S. Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules

By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer
Political appointees at the Department of Labor are moving with unusual speed to push through in the final months of the Bush administration a rule making it tougher to regulate workers' on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins.
The agency did not disclose the proposal, as required, in public notices of regulatory plans that it filed in December and May. Instead, Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao's intention to push for the rule first surfaced on July 7, when the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) posted on its Web site that it was reviewing the proposal, identified only by its nine-word title.
The text of the proposed rule has not been made public, but according to sources briefed on the change and to an early draft obtained by The Washington Post, it would call for reexamining the methods used to measure risks posed by workplace exposure to toxins. The change would address long-standing complaints from businesses that the government overestimates the risk posed by job exposure to chemicals. .......