Industrial Hygiene


Sullenberger Keynote, Expo to Highlight NSC's First Day

Here's your chance to get an early look at new products being exhibited at the Orlando conference.

IAQ Complaints: Survival Techniques for the Safety Professional

Sometimes you cannot find a solution that works. Admit it and keep trying to find answers, but know that some complaints you may never be able to solve.

Workers cannot be properly protected from exposure hazards if they are not regularly using the monitors that are intended to detect the hazard. (Industrial Scientific photo)

Three Things Every Industrial Hygienist Should Know About Gas Monitoring

Of course, workers cannot be properly protected from exposure hazards if they are not regularly using the monitors intended to detect the hazard.

Congress Celebrates a Century

NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."

NIOSH Dust Tool Makes HHSinnovates Finals

For the first time, members of the public can vote until Sept. 14 for their favorite innovation, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced.

ANSI/AIHA Z10-2012 Standard Now Available

It contains management principles and systems to help organizations continuously improve their occupational health and safety performance.

There are a wide variety of fume, gases, and organic vapors to be considered when determining exposures during welding operations.

Welding Fume Exposures and Controls: Do We Know Enough?

It is safe to assume that we never know enough, or at least don't know all that we need to know. Recent changes to hexavalent chromium and beryllium protection requirements should teach us this lesson.

OSHA Cites Steel Manufacturer

The Conshohocken, Pa. plant of ArcelorMittal was cited for eight alleged violations involving hexavalent chromium and other hazards.



Report Puts Lens on Built Environment's Link to Asthma

The design firm Perkins+Will released it Aug. 8, with a leader of the firm's sustainability efforts calling the asthmagens a "lurking public health threat."

Nine MSHA Standards Given Extra Emphasis

A final rule that took effect Aug. 6 requires mine operators to correct hazardous conditions and violations of the nine, which address the highest-risk hazards facing miners.

AIHA Fellows Scholarship Established

More than $26,000 raised toward a $100,000 goal in the first six weeks after the annual SIG meeting at AIHce 2012.

OSHA Tools Cover Fluorescent Bulbs' Mercury Hazards

The agency says the information will benefit workers engaged in crushing and recycling fluorescent bulbs.

Because labs have different chemicals and equipment, the required safety plans for each location may vary.

A Dozen Safety Plans Laboratories May Need

These plans are instrumental to ensuring compliance and keeping workers safe.

Online Laboratory Safety Training Hub Launched

Although it is currently focused on undergraduate colleges and universities in New Hampshire, free introductory safety training courses at LabSafetyWorkspace.org are open to researchers anywhere.

Dow Chemical Expands Lab Safety Partnerships

UC Santa Barbara is the most recent university participant.

Nine Workers at Fukushima Plant Faked Dosimeter Readings

The Asahi Shimbun reported July 21 that they followed a superior's advice to cover their dosimeters with small lead plates to keep radiation doses low so they could continue working. The newspaper reported July 22 that Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry personnel were searching for the discarded plates.

New EU Biocides Regulation Takes Effect

The new regulation involves the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in the scientific evaluation of biocidal products and requires manufacturers to share data on vertebrate animal studies, as a way of reducing animal tests.

OSHA Offers Training Event for Federal Workers

Starting July 31 in Arlington Heights, Ill., it is free for government agency personnel. Topics include GHS, ergonomics, workplace violence, and indoor air quality.

Breaking Down the Barriers to Effective Learning

Today's "distance education" can be achieved from virtually anywhere and any time in the world in multiple formats.

Moving Away from Hard-Wired

Wireless gas sensor systems make it safer to explore for oil and gas.

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