Professionals often oppose a new name, new membership criteria, or a new mission statement for a professional organization in which they’ve invested, yet the announcement of an imminent switch to AIHA membership for around 1,500 ACGIH members barely made a ripple.
Mark your calendars. AIHce 2010 will take place May 22-27, 2010, in Colorado’s “Mile High City” with the Rocky Mountains serving as backdrop. It will be the 71st edition of the conference and only the second time it has ever been held in Denver, which was a much different city when the 30th AIHce was held there, back in the spring of 1969.
Now available from ACGIH®, the 2009 Guide to Occupational Exposure Values is a readily accessible reference for comparison of the most recently published values, including the 2009 Chemical Substance TLVs® from ACGIH; AIHA Workplace Environmental Exposure Limits (WEELs); the OSHA Final Rule PELs; RELs from NIOSH; MAKs from the German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Workplace; and carcinogenicity designations from ACGIH, OSHA, NIOSH, MAK, IARC, U.S. NTP, and U.S. EPA.
While it supports H.R. 2067 and the reform bill’s backing of higher OSHA penalties on employers whose willful violations result in a worker’s death, the association makes additional suggestions.
As tallied by AIHA, these professional development courses were tops in Toronto, having received the highest overall ratings from participants.
Among the many awards and recognitions bestowed last week in Toronto at AIHce 2009, this one was a first: AIHA awarded its inaugural Social Responsibility Award on June 2 to K.P. Nyati, president of Sustainability Solutions India, which is located in Delhi. The recipient accepted and expressed his thanks in a short video shown during Tuesday's opening session.
Post-hearing comments will be due by Aug. 14. The agency's proposed rule addresses a new technology, a monitor to be worn by coal miners throughout a shift that reports dust exposure levels continuously.
The Food and Drug Administration announced recently that Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory Inc. of Roy, Utah, is voluntarily recalling some skin sanitizers and skin protectants marketed under several different brand names because of high levels of disease-causing bacteria found in the product during a recent inspection. FDA is warning consumers to not use any Clarcon products.
Grubeye, star of UK's "GermWatch" campaign is back by popular demand and will be appearing on promotional materials during the Week (and beyond). A nasty-looking little creature, Grubeye revels in poor food hygiene and delights in the misfortune of those at risk of food poisoning. Nothing makes it happier than when people spread germs.
According to EPA, the copper in the naval shipyard's wastewater comes from sandblasting and painting of vessels in dry dock at the shipyard. The shipyard is allowed to discharge its wastewater into Sinclair Inlet, but only if the wastewater complies with the site's NPDES permit.
The Phoenix-based facility stores asphalt cement, boiler oil, and diesel fuel at levels requiring reporting, but it failed to provide chemical hazard information and submit a chemical inventory to local authorities, EPA said.
The leaders of both organizations said Tuesday they hope to have members' feedback by early September and intend to have dual members paying dues only once in 2010. A major hurdle may be the two-thirds approval needed from voting members of ACGIH.
An Indian leader in sustainability initiatives was honored with the award Tuesday at AIHce 2009.
TORONTO--This year's AIHce offers attendees a Breakthrough Thinking Prize for sharing their best ideas for revitalizing standards writing, enforcement, compliance assistance, and collaborative activities in industrial hygiene.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association said it commends the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on its recent decision to implement a multi-tiered enforcement program to ensure worker protection on projects related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
"Tough economic times make it more difficult for students to stay in school and complete their studies, so I'm confident that this year's scholarship money will be especially appreciated and put to excellent use by our students as they prepare to become our leaders of tomorrow," said AIHF President Curtis W. Hintz, CIH, CSP.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association says it is mindful that the ever-increasing competitive pressure and the growing technical complexity within the IH profession sometimes conspire to blur the lines of right versus wrong and pose a substantial challenge to the IH practitioner dedicated to doing the right thing.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association announced the release of a special AIHce 2009 edition of its "Consultants Listing," a compilation that consumers and others can use to search for industrial hygienists and other occupational and environmental health and safety professionals by state and specialty.
The 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Public Service was awarded to the Las Vegas Sun and the reporting by Alexandra Berzon, for the exposure of the high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip amid lax enforcement of regulations, leading to changes in policy and improved safety conditions.
A press conference was held today at 10 a.m. in a realistic mock clandestine drug lab here at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The setup was part of the 2009 American Industrial Hygiene conference and expo, and the replica lab dramatically illustrated to those on hand the hazards such clandestine facilities are to first responders and the general public.