Question: How can the benefits of nanotechnology be realized, while minimizing the risk of harm? 1. What law, if any, applies to protect from liability, consumers who comprise the general public, nanotechnology workers, and their corporate social partners, and other stakeholders within civil society? 2. What law, if any, applies to prevent harm? ABSTRACT:...
Read more →A lthough application of nanotechnology may be unprecedented, the concept of creating preventive policies that contain risk while incubating new industries is not new-- it is the hallmark of big science in the twentieth century that fostered nuclear research, genetics, astrophysics – just to name a few. Policymakers must make hard choices without good data...
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Ilise Feitshans is a legal scholar in human rights and health law who has worked with our organization for many years. She has a deep belief that promotion of the human right to occupational health at work is essential to the survival of civilization. Ilise has served as a consultant for our organization since...
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Few things in life give me the same thrill as walking around the narrow ramp through the back entrance to the Clerk’s Office at the United States Supreme Court. Yes there is a grand and lovely clean white marble staircase sprawling across the sidewalk in front of the building, with the marvelous incantation”...
Read more →Families Get Break In Special ED Cases Top court: Parents Don’t Need Lawyer Star Ledger May 22, 2007 BY JOHN MOONEY Star-Ledger Staff In the often-litigious world of special education, one of the big challenges facing a parent suing a school district can be finding, and affording, a lawyer. Jeff Podowitz knows that all...
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OSHA 35 and STILL ALIVE is the title of a newly released documentary on OSHA. This documentary looks at how the standards were passed in Congress, how OSHA rules and standards have helped businesses and employee safety and health. The documentary was written and produced byIlise Feitshans, Attorney Adjunct Professor, George Washing School of...
Read more →Designing An Effective Osha Compliance Program As part of the Corporate Compliance Series, this volume covers the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA). It provides practical suggestions and guidelines for creating a reliable system that detects and prevents possible OSHA violations. Genetic Predisposition: Request for NIOSH Model For Implementation of Genome-based Occupational Risk...
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Read more →Why I Love the US Supreme Court A Valentine for America Presented by the Gloucester City Historical Society February 14 2007, Gloucester City Library 7:30pm Railroad Ave and Hudson Street Gloucester City NJ Diversity and Human Rights: Protections for Neurodiversity and Physical Disabilities Under International Human Rights Law” Brief Amicus Curiae That Was Not...
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This invited paper discusses: “Lessons Learned from the Public Health Model”, by outlining basic principles of public heath "education, awareness and outreach" approach to creating policy solutions to prevent problems that impact large populations.
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