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.
"This will ensure the future success of industrial hygiene," said ACGIH Chair Jimmy L. Perkins, Ph.D., CIH, on the proposal to make ACGIH a purely scientific-oriented organization.
The annual Alice Hamilton, William P. Yant, and Donald E. Cummings Memorial awards were bestowed at yesterday's Opening Session. Other honorees will be in the spotlight tomorrow and Thursday.
In the midst of all the work--and networking--involved in attending AIHce, it is always fun, or at least interesting, to set aside some time to walk the Expo floor and take in the variety of products and services on display.
As part of AIHce 2009, the American Industrial Hygiene Association is conducting its 2009 CareerAdvantage Development Fair through tomorrow (June 3), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The three-day employment event began yesterday.
AIHce 2009 is fully underway in this "City of Creativity." Although the turnout is not what it was for AIHce 1999, which was the last time the conference convened here in Canada's largest city, this year planners are taking advantage of social media sites that simply did not exist a decade ago, and their innovative use should boost the event's networking value immeasurably.
EPA found that the site was storing sulfuric acid, lead, and propane gas in amounts greater than the minimum threshold levels allowed before reporting requirements kick in.
Peter Fonseca, minister of Labour for the province of Ontario, detailed the gains in workplace safety and health that have been made since 2003 for employers and workers alike.
Gov. Jack Markell toured Sunoco's Marcus Hook refinery on May 28 and stressed the importance of keeping the plant shut down until the cause of the May 17 explosion and fire is known.
A May 28 conference co-sponsored by the California Department of Public Health looked at sustainable farming and ecologically friendly pest control, along with health impacts of pesticide use.
The intent of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act and its accompanying regulations is to help prevent exposure to lead-based paint by requiring disclosure and notification of actual and potential hazards when selling or leasing housing.
In addition, the standard's Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment subpart includes sections on implementing a fire safety plan, fire watches, and fire response. Hexavalent chromium has been added to the list of air contaminants whose concentrations should not exceed stated exposure levels.
Back by popular demand in an expanded form, the interactive "Unsolved IH Mysteries Workshop" will again be offered at this year's AIHce--thrice.