The impact of the Trump administration’s layoffs continues to grow. Now feeling the effects is the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), which plays a vital role in protecting workers from illness and injury through critical safety research. In this Expert Q&A with Michigan News, Richard Neitzel, director of the Center for Occupational Health and Safety Engineering at U-M, discusses NIOSH’s essential work—and what funding and staffing cuts could mean for the future of worker safety in the U.S.
