Increased in size from eight to 16 members, the Science Advisory Board has a new charter and the scope of its work has expanded from toxic air pollutants to the broader focus on the impact of new and emerging chemicals, including GenX and hexavalent chromium.
The 43-page chapter, titled "Application of Biological Monitoring Methods for Chemical Exposures in Occupational Health," explains why biomonitoring is a valuable tool for demonstrating compliance with exposure limits, research, health monitoring, and risk assessment and management.
National Nanotechnology Day is an annual event featuring community-led events and activities on or around Oct. 9 to raise awareness of nanotechnology, how it is currently used in a variety of products, and the challenges and opportunities it holds for the future.
OSHA has provided three different methods for employers to ensure employees are protected.
Why is there so much comfort in the status quo when the people who need the protection of these products require so much more?
The two-year Alliance has three primary goals: raising awareness of OSHA's rulemaking and enforcement initiatives; conducting training to educate employers, workers, and OSHA officials on safety issues; and developing effective outreach and communication efforts to increase the visibility of the partnership and its goals.
With multiple wildfire across the state, the agency has posted tips for indoor air quality concerns, respiratory protection (including voluntary use), and heat stress prevention.
Accumulation of biological pollutants can result in hazardous health effects for occupants, as well as structural damage to the building.
There will be plenty to learn and do at the NSC Congress & Expo in downtown Indianapolis.
Attendees at VPPPA's annual national conference got their first look at the exhibit floor during an Aug. 29 reception inside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in downtown New Orleans.
The agency has a proposed rule under OIRA review, with an NPRM to be published in September 2017.
Fortive is a diversified industrial growth company comprised of professional instrumentation and industrial technologies businesses that are recognized leaders in attractive markets. The company's 2016 revenues were $6.2 billion.
"Asbestos exposure can cause cancer, lung disease, and other serious respiratory diseases," said Tyler Amon, special agent-in-charge for EPA's Criminal Investigation Division in New York. "In this case, AIREKO Construction avoided hiring trained and certified asbestos abatement professionals. AIREKO did the work 'on the cheap,' willfully putting workers and others at risk."
OSHA recommends basing a lab's control strategies on the hierarchy of controls.
The NSC Congress & Expo is sure to be a week full of education and innovation in the safety and health market, so be ready to start your engines come September.
If your best friend, whom you’ve known for years, suddenly fell over in a confined space, how would you respond? Would you rush in to save him or her?
The evaluation was in response to a concern from firefighters who were concerned that diesel exhaust from firefighting apparatus could enter the living and sleeping areas of their fire stations.
The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation officially welcomed the board during the conference in Seattle.
Scientists rely on the NIST Mass Spectral Library to accurately identify chemical compounds when conducting investigations and in other work.
The year's best U.S. industrial hygiene event will take place May 21-23 in Philadelphia, with Professional Development Courses offered May 19, 20, and 24.