Inconsistent and limited enforcement is one of the top challenges, they said.
Ulric Chung, Ph.D., on July 1 will take over the leadership of the board, replacing Lynn O'Donnell, CIH, who has served as ABIH's executive director since 1991.
Radioactive decay of radium and radon may potentially expose oilfield workers to ionizing radiation.
The recipients will be honored June 3 during the AIHce 2014 conference.
The agency's latest health hazard evaluation report detailed its evaluation of a federal government office complex where contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls, solvents, metals, and other chemicals was suspected.
The Department of Labor sued Donald Pottern, doing business as Crown Furniture, for allegedly firing a worker who had filed a complaint.
The CDC agency's recent report confirmed that drywall imported from China during the 2000s may have been detrimental to human health.
The old mission in downtown San Antonio is featuring a living history demonstration on June 2 and a "Standing Their Ground: Tejanos at the Alamo" exhibit through June 6.
The students received $5,000 scholarships and will attend AIHce 2014 courtesy of the 3M Personal Safety Division.
San Antonio's Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is the site for AIHce 2014, the year's best industrial hygiene conference.
Many states provide this protection to engineers and architects. Industrial hygienists and other safety and health professionals should have it, as well.
Your team's safety depends on selecting the right correlation factor, calibration gas, and LEL sensor for your application.
San Antonio features gorgeous botanical gardens; restaurants, bars, and galleries along the famed River Walk; SeaWorld San Antonio; Six Flags Fiesta Texas; and a wax museum.
Integrating devices with fast response times into your gas detection toolkit contributes to a stronger safety culture.
The alliance aims to reduce Atlanta-area construction workers' exposure to respirable crystalline silica.
Regularly looking at data that tells how gas monitors are being used can show where there may be gaps in training and where there may need to be policy changes that lead to safer work practices.
Great Dane Limited Partnership is cited by OSHA for repeat violations.
NIOSH published "Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica" in 1974, recommending there that same exposure limit OSHA has proposed -- 50 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3).
Even with the best standard operating procedures, spills can still happen--often when they are least expected.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association announced its bid to bring the conference to the nation's capital in October 2018 has succeeded.