The Occupational Safety and Health Act. The national policy for the prevention of work-related illness.
Occupational health and safety issues are increasingly important on the broader health agendas of both industrial and non-industrial communities. These issues go beyond traditional industrial hygiene into areas of environmental epidemiology and public health engineering. The policy framework for addressing such issues is the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
D004782:Environmental Health; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D008452:Maximum Allowable Concentration; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*