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The Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970) ______.

a. set new pollution standards

b. protected workers against smaller-scale environmental dangers

c. authorized citizen suits against polluters

d. mandated environmental impact statements for public projects

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b. protected workers against smaller-scale environmental dangers

To protect against smaller-scale environmental dangers, Nixon also signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act (1970), which he called one of the most important pieces of legislation . . . ever passed by the Congress." Though some Republicans resented federal regulation of workplace conditions and the bureaucracy it created, occupational safety was a popular issue among workers a crucial segment of Nixon's new political coalition.
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