NIOSH celebrates 25th anniversary

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• Alternative Title:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health elebrates 25th anniversary
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  NIOSH Update: Monday, April 29, 1996
  
  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today commemorated their 25th anniversary in a joint event with the Smithsonian Institution to highlight the progress made since 1971 in protecting workers from job-related injuries and illnesses, and to note the challenges that still lie ahead.
  
  OSHA is part of the Department of Labor, and NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Department of Health and Human Services. Both programs were created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, a bipartisan measure enacted on Dec. 29, 1970, and signed by President Richard M. Nixon. OSHA and NIOSH began operations on April 29, 1971.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events CDC--history History, 20th Century NIOSH--history Occupational Health Public Health United State Government Agencies
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Press Release
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/twenfif.html
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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