According to EPA, currently available recycling systems can capture up to 99 percent of the mercury in fluorescent bulbs and the mercury can be reused in new bulbs.
"It appears the U.S. is guilty of wishful thinking in its assessment of research that will lead to the development of safe nanotechnologies," says PEN Chief Science Advisor Andrew Maynard.
"It's a problem that has been growing for some time," said Charlie Wiles, IAQ executive director. "This campaign represents our decision to address it aggressively."
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with NASA, has published detailed guidelines for making essential measurements on samples of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). NIST said the new guide, titled "Measurement Issues in Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes," constitutes the current best practices for characterizing one of the most promising and heavily studied of the new generation of nanoscale materials.
"Our Alliance will continue to work together to provide AFS members and metalcasting businesses with free guidance and training resources to protect the well-being of employees in the foundry industry," said OSHA chief Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
The reported costs include capital and operating costs for treatment/capture, prevention, recycling, and disposal, as well as depreciation of pollution abatement equipment.
Scientists are recommending a closer examination of the unforeseen environmental and health consequences of nanosilver, seen here in a biosensor image with the particles deposited on glass, courtesy of the National Science Foundation.
"The key to preventing hearing loss is in knowing how to identify, address, and minimize workplace noise hazards, be that workplace a factory, construction site, or other venue," said Mary Hoye, OSHA's area director in Springfield.
Employers must ensure hearing protection is worn in posted hearing protection zones at 85 decibels and must allow voluntary HPD use at 80db average levels, daily or weekly.
Director Gary M. Marsh, Ph.D. has investigated long-term health effects of exposure to agents such as arsenic, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals.
The document lists good practices that can prevent excessive exposure to lead and noise by officers using indoor firing ranges and by employees of the ranges who clean up.
Dutch, Swedish, and British researchers conducted the research with 10 male volunteers.
When it filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2001, the company said it had been named in 325,000 asbestos personal injury claims.
"It is critical for laboratory technicians to be able to quickly access the proper storage and handling methods for each chemical used in the laboratory," said Russell Thorpe, Mallinckrodt's global marketing director - laboratory chemicals.
It seems that each year, new hazards in the home, workplace, and community are identified that endanger our health and well-being. Bloodborne pathogens such as bird flu and the mutant bacterial staph, MRSA, continue to threaten our health. New toxicity hazards have been discovered in chemicals that have been used for decades.
The new chromium-3-based coating system is a safer to human health and the environment and more effective than the standard chromium-6-based paint used previously, the Army says.
The facility faces $255,800 in proposed penalties for failing to train employees who may work with formaldehyde and failing to conduct airborne exposure evaluations, among other things.
"The technology should be developed in a way that minimizes potential risks to human health and helps preserve the potential market for the technology," said Jack N. Gerard, president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council.
The cost-benefit analysis says providing water as required could cost employers $5.7 million to $15.8 million per year, with training expected to cost about half as much.
The original cost estimate, $3 billion, was wrong because the program didn't end in 1976 as planned and eligibility and benefits were expanded. Almost 1 million claims have been filed.