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Opportunities and Challenges
Barriers to achieving the occupational safety and health objectives include gaps in scientific knowledge, problems in systematic evaluation of interventions, difficulty in establishing the work-relatedness of some medical conditions, lack of public awareness of prevention measures, and the view that certain preventable conditions are an acceptable risk of employment. Through NIOSH, HHS is addressing these barriers with research, surveillance, prevention and intervention, information and training, and capacity-building programs.
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