['24', '25', ' ', '11404', 'rule.', 'In', 'two', 'of', 'the', 'predominant', 'studies', 'cited', 'in', 'the', 'NPR,', 'the', 'researchers', 'asked', 'subjects', 'to', 'guess', 'how', 'much', 'ETS', 'they', 'were', 'exposed', 'to.', 'Then', 'they', 'attempted', 'to', 'verify', 'exposures', 'by', 'measuring', 'cotinine.', 'However,', 'the', 'NPR', 'does', 'not', 'cite', 'the', 'cotinine', 'data', 'from', 'either', 'study.', 'A', 'proper', 'consideration', 'of', 'these', 'data', 'actually', 'refutes', 'OSHA’s', 'claim', 'regarding', 'the', 'magnitude', 'of', 'workplace', 'exposure', 'relative', 'to', 'home', 'exposure.', 'Let’s', 'now', 'consider', 'what', 'these', 'two', 'studies', 'cited', 'by', '-', 'OSHA', 'actually', 'show.', 'In', 'the', 'study', 'by', 'Cummings', 'et', 'al.', 'and', 'the', 'data', 're-analysis', 'requested', 'by', 'OSHA,', '77', 'percent', 'of', 'workers', '.', 'reported', 'ETS', 'exposure', 'at', 'work.', 'In', 'the', 'NPR,', 'OSHA', 'states,', '"This', 'further', 'analysis', 'indicates', 'that', 'the', 'workplace', 'is', 'a', 'significant', 'source', 'of', 'ETS', 'exposure', 'for', 'non-smoking', 'employed', 'people."', 'Please', 'recall', 'the', 'correct', 'definition', 'of', 'exposure', 'and', 'realize', 'that', 'in', 'the', 're-analysis', 'there', 'is', 'no', 'consideration', 'for', 'duration', 'of', 'exposure', 'or', 'ETS', 'concentration.', 'This', 'reveals', 'that', 'the', 'assertion', 'put', 'forth', 'in', 'the', 'NPR', 'is', 'incorrect', 'regarding', 'what', 'the', 'Cummings', 'et', 'al.', 'study', 'actually', 'shows.', 'Simply', 'based', 'on', 'the', 'percentage', 'estimates,', 'the', 'only', 'valid', 'conclusion', 'is', 'that', 'the', 'workplace', 'can', 'be', 'a', 'significant', 'BAYLEY', 'REPORTING,', 'INC.', '(202)', '234-7787', '(800)', '368-8993', '@LLc2', '9PLTS']