AIHce News
AIHce: Managing Nanotechnology Risk with Limited Data
A roundtable discussion at AIHce in Portland, Oregon, on May 18 focused on the challenges industrial hygienists and safety professionals face in assessing the risks of nanomaterials with limited data...
AIHce: David Michaels Looks Ahead to OSHA’s 41st Year and Beyond
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels offered a lively and informative overview of OSHA at 40 and beyond during a keynote address on May 18 at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Ore...
AIHce: The Industrial Hygienist’s Role in Green Chemistry and Chemical Reform
Keynote speaker Michael P. Wilson, Ph.D., told attendees at the May 17 AIHce opening session that while they might be unsure how green chemistry relates to their profession, it is nonetheless “immediately applicable to the practice of industrial hygiene” by encouraging safer engineering, design and chemistry...
AIHce: Green Construction and Safety Don’t Always Go Hand in Hand
Does green construction equal safer construction? According to experts who participated in a roundtable discussion at AIHce in Portland, Oregon, May 17 – not necessarily...
AIHce 2011: The Ins and Outs of I2P2 and Worker Involvement
The Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) is still considered OSHA’s top rulemaking priority and safety stakeholders and businesses alike are curious what, exactly, would make up the rule’s content and scope. Several leaders discussed I2P2 in a roundtable discussion May 16 at AIHce in Portland, Oregon...
AIHce: The Power (and Pitfalls) of Fear Surrounding Nuclear Incidents
On May 16, a radiation expert told attendees at the 2011 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) that fears surrounding radiation, especially in light of Japan’s recent crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, largely are blown out of proportion and can do more harm than good...
AIHce: What You Don’t Know Can Kill You!
There is one poisoning every 14 seconds in the United States. The largest percentage of these poisonings are from cleaning products, says Tony Uliano, and independent EHS consultant and adjunct professor at Portland State University School of Public Health in Portland, Ore. Uliano shared a brief overview of consumer product toxicology at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland on May 16...
AIHce: Fulwiler, Brown, Others Honored by AIHA for Outstanding Contributions to Inudstrial Hygiene
EHS Today contributors Richard Fulwiler and Garrett Brown were among those honored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association at the opening session of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Ore., on May 16...
Safety Leadership: Failure Is Not an Option
When lives are in the balance, failure is not an option, retired NASA Flight Control Director Gene Kranz reminded a standing-room only crowd at the opening session of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Oregon on May 16. Kranz, who was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, is best known as the leader of the “Tiger Team” of flight directors who brought the crew of Apollo 13 safely home on April 17, 1970, after the spacecraft’s oxygen system failed...
AIHce 2011: Innovate, Integrate and Inspire
The American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce), held this year in Portland, Oregon, May 14-18, features a theme of “Innovate, Integrate, Inspire.”...
