The American Industrial Hygiene Association will host "Introduction to Bayesian-Based Decision Making," an introductory TeleWeb Virtual Seminar, on April 17, 2008, from 2–4:30 p.m. ET. Featured speakers include Paul Hewett, Ph.D., CIH, and J. Barry Graffeo, CIH.
DOJ and the EPA announced the settlement Tuesday, saying the money would be used to reimburse the government for the costs of the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination around its mining operations in Libby, Mont.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up a new microscope design--which the agency plans to patent--that will allow users to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in three dimensions.
"We're seeing far too many unregistered products that assert unsubstantiated antimicrobial properties," said Katherine Taylor, associate director of the Communities and Ecosystems Division in EPA's Pacific Southwest region.
The matrix links exposure statistics with disease and death certificates.
Keeping pace with rapid advances in the field is necessary; the top goal is quantifying risks to workers.
Formulating quality coatings with low volatile organic compound content has been a high priority of the paint industry since the environmental movement began in the 1970s, ASTM says.
External peer reviewers and stakeholders can comment about the agency's study of exposures, engineering controls, and better analytical methods.
A workshop on the new standard will be held at the Marriott Anaheim Hotel on April 8, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m; in addition, a training class, Assessment of Vapor Intrusion into Structures on Property Involved in Real Estate Transactions, will now be held on a regular basis throughout the United States.
Industry and stakeholders have until June 17 to report how they are managing chemicals in the fifth batch identified by the government.
The agency's recent testing showed 29 mines had at least one miner exposed above the new, lower limit, which matches OSHA's PEL and will take effect April 29.
"Optoelectronic safety sensors, which include light curtains, are one of the largest product segments of the machine safety market," said Steve Eisenbrown, senior vice president of Rockwell Automation.
Cleve Allen George was sentenced to 33 months in prison for multiple violations of the Clean Air Act and false statements related to the demolition of a low-income housing neighborhood.
Two NIOSH Scientists, Ziqing Zhuang, Ph.D., and William Newcomb, will participate in American Industrial Hygiene Association's Distance Learning Program by presenting "The Value of Anthropometrics" and "How to Improve and Apply Respirator Fit Testing" in a TeleWeb on Thursday, March 20, 2008, from 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. ET.
Nine new documents released Jan. 29 include workplace exposure limits and guidance for labeling, safe handling, and disposal of nanomaterials such as the carbon "buckyball" molecule depicted here.
If enacted as written, SH&E professionals who use such detectors would be subject to misdemeanor fines for simply doing their job in helping protect workers from common workplace threats, said Metropolitan Chapter President Stephanie Altis-Gurnari, CSP.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association announced today that Taylor & Francis, publisher of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, has posted the complete archives for AIHA's journals since the first publication in 1940.
Dr. Mike Holbrook, director of the Robert E. Shope, M.D., Laboratory, a Biosafety Level-4 lab at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, deals with some of the deadliest viruses known to man, including Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Junin, and Nipah viruses. It goes without saying that special precautions are put into place to ensure total security and safety.
"Those working in the chemical and petroleum industries face significant hazards daily as they mix, manufacture, and package a variety of dangerous compounds," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
The proposed new standard will be used by environmental and industrial hygiene laboratories to determine levels of beryllium in soil to support environmental remediation projects and to determine background beryllium levels at industrial sites.