Sandy Smith
Industry Editor
Sandy Smith is an award-winning newspaper reporter and business-to-business journalist who has spent 20+ years researching and writing about EHS, regulatory compliance, and risk management and networking with EHS professionals. She is passionate about helping to build and maintain safe workplaces and promote workplace cultures that support EHS, and has been interviewed about workplace safety and risk management by The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and USA Today.
Articles
Sandy Smith
40 articles
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The ‘Mother of All Industries’: The EU Chemical Industry, the Green Deal, and Regulatory Rollbacks
May 19, 2025
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Guitar Strings and Prozac: The Paradox of PFAS
April 17, 2025
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The EU Takes Aim at Plastic Pellet Pollution
April 15, 2025
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2025 Outlook: 10 Global Policy Trends to Watch
January 29, 2025
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At Amazon and Elsewhere, Are Safety and Productivity Mutually Exclusive? (Depends on Who’s Talking)
January 15, 2025
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A Q&A About Plastics: Who Is the Victim, the Villain, and the Victor in the Plastic Story?
December 5, 2024
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OSHA Flooded with more than 1,000 Comments as Stakeholders Weigh in on Proposed Heat Illness Prevention Standard
September 11, 2024
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BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Pushes Back on Report that Worker Injuries Spike During Prime Days, Holidays
July 22, 2024
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DEEP DIVE: East Palestine Community: “We Can’t Move Forward” Following Train Derailment
July 11, 2024
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DEEP DIVE: U.S. NTSB the Decision to Vent and Burn Norfolk Southern Rail Cars in East Palestine “Unnecessary”
July 9, 2024
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DEEP DIVE: U.S. District Court Approves 3M’s Multi-Billion Dollar PFAS Settlement with Public Water Suppliers
June 27, 2024
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DEEP DIVE: Heating Up: OSHA Moves Closer to Publishing a National Heat Standard
June 5, 2024
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DEEP DIVE: EU Chemicals Report: ‘The Health of European Citizens and Our Environment Should Be a Priority’
May 10, 2024
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Deep Dive: Environmental Polluters Can Face Fines, Prison, Under New EU Law
May 6, 2024
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DEEP DIVE: U.S. EPA Adds Two PFAS to List of Hazardous Substances Under Superfund
April 23, 2024