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.
In 2004 EPA tests of aircraft drinking water quality, the agency found that 15 percent of examined aircraft tested positive for total coliform bacteria.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking qualified candidates for appointment to its Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS).
Also adopted by the membership's vote is a bylaws change that affects CIHs' membership in the Academy of Industrial Hygiene.
Plaintiffs contend that the city and its contractors failed to provide adequate protective equipment in the form of respirators and hazardous material coveralls, as well as failed to provide adequate safety training and supervision at and around the work site.
Because consumer-grade generators are not weatherproof, they can pose the risk of electrocution and shock when used in wet conditions, so keep generators dry and wait for the rain to pass before using one.
The lawsuit stems from a $4 billion deal in April 2004 in which Invista assumed control 14 DuPont plants in five countries.
Yes, according to a new study involving nearly 600 Massachusetts homes, the findings from which the study's manager says "represent a dramatic departure from previous results and beliefs."
The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation (AIHF) recently announced that Rick and Carol Fulwiler have committed $100,000 to endow the Rick and Carol Fulwiler Scholarship.
A new study shows that exposure to the chemical diacetyl, a component of artificial butter flavoring, can be harmful to the nose and airways of mice. Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, conducted the study because diacetyl has been implicated in causing obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) in humans.
Under this revised NEP, each Area OSHA Office is expected to inspect at least four facilities each fiscal year. Under the previous directive, each Area Office was expected to conduct at least one inspection.