A quick take-away from a landmark study of benzene exposure and cancer among petroleum workers: Defending trace benzene lawsuits will be more challenging.
Control banding is likely the most well-developed risk management strategy proposed for use with nanomaterials to date.
Indoor air quality can be improved by controlling the sources of VOC emissions.
The proposed rule would update the current permissible exposure limit, which was set in 1971, and would apply to construction and general industry, including hydraulic fracturing operations at gas drilling sites. Several key stakeholders expressed support.
Oct. 1’s third keynote session, a new addition to the educational program this year, looks like a "must attend" session of its own: the Prescription Drug Keynote.
The launch is part of an its effort to help members and partners to bolster the visibility of existing and in-development guidance documents, reference materials, and standards, according to the organization.
The Aug. 26-29 national conference, one of the top annual events on the safety community's calendar, will take place at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville.
"Enhanced global efforts are needed to share expertise, to assess, and to manage the risks associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals," according to the agency.
The group's letter to House Appropriations leaders asks for "at least the Fiscal 2012 level."
There are currently no legally enforceable occupational exposure limits and very few recommended limits for nanoscale forms of most materials.
The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.
A new document from Britain's OSHA agency says setting alarm points "should not be 'fit and forget'" because initial alarm set-points may be adjusted up or down due to process-related events and instrument characteristics.
Re-insulating or retrofitting older buildings can expose workers to a variety of respiratory hazards.
An AIHA public relations specialist reports 1,122 non-U.S. attendees visited last week's conference in Montreal.
The international flavor of AIHce 2013 transcended the host city. Speakers, exhibitors, and educational topics reflected the global nature of industrial hygiene and workplace safety.
NIOSH is heavily involved in the ISO standards now being developed and wants to educate U.S. stakeholders about them.
It's too early to bookmark http://aihce2014.org, right? Maybe not.
Companies exhibiting at AIHce 2013 displayed a host of new products for optimal worker protection.
The number represents more than 25 percent of the people attending the conference in person, not counting exhibitors.