Letter Urges Support for "21"
National Safety Council President & CEO Janet Froetscher sent a letter of support for the nation's
21-year-old drinking age law to 131 members of the Amethyst Initiative, a coalition of college and university
leaders who are encouraging broad discussion of underage drinking and lowering the drinking age.
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Election 2008: What It Means for Safety
The outcome of the United States' presidential election has the potential to affect your family: your job,
your health care and the economy. The election will also prompt changes in our nation's approach to occupational
safety and health, regardless of the outcome.
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Key Issues in Distracted Driving
Presentations from the NSC's International Symposium on Distracted Driving are available
online.
NSC Promotes Drug-Free Work Week
Most drug users are employed -- more than three-quarters of them, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
estimates. In 2006, 12.7 million (61.5 percent) of the 20.6 million adults classified with substance
dependence or abuse were employed full-time, and 62.7 percent of the working age population (ages 18-64)
diagnosed with a substance use disorder had full-time jobs.
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NSC Supports National Teen Driver Safety Week, Oct. 19-25
Passengers is the theme of National Teen Driver Safety Week, an observance held annually the third week of October to
highlight the leading cause of death among U.S. teens -- motor vehicle crashes. Teen driving is a critical public health
issue and the NSC is a leader in about the issue.
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NSC Adopts Teen Driving Policy
The National Safety Council (NSC) announced its support for Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) laws to save lives,
especially of teen drivers. The policy encourages state and local use of a 5-part GDL model.
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NSC Offers Prescription for the Flu
In the United States, seasonal influenza causes 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations each year,
and cost businesses upward of $10.4 billion in 2007. In small operations, flu can halt production altogether.
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