Industrial Hygiene eNewsletter
Past Issues:
- March 2009 In This Issue:
1. Building a Bridge to Safety Excellence: The Role of Culture
2. Obama's FY 2010 Budget Allocates $13.3 Billion to Labor Department
3. AIHA Forms Limited Liability Companies for Laboratory Programs
4. NRR: Now Really Relevant
5. EPA Ordered to Reconsider 2006 Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
- February 2009 In This Issue:
1. AIHA Calls on Congress to Support a GAO Study on NIOSH
2. FDLI: Nanotechnology Risk Management Policies Needed Now
3. EIP, Sierra Club Sue EPA for Failing to Properly Regulate Air Pollution From Nitric Acid Plants
4. Dear Mr. President: Please Give OSHA Adequate Support to Protect Workers in 3 Million New Jobs
5. How Regulation and Innovation Have Shaped Respiratory Protection
6. Coal-Fired Power Plant to Spend $135 Million to Settle Clean Air Violations - January 2009 In This Issue:
1. ALARA and Chemical Exposure: A Prudent Practice
2. EPA Revises Air Permit Policy for Aggregating Facility Changes
3. CDC Director Resigns
4. Qulitative Differences in OSHA Outreach Training Course Providers
5. MSHA: Mine Deaths Fell to All-Time Low in 2008
6. Tyson Foods Pleads Guilty, Agrees to pay $500,000 Fine for Violation that Led to Worker Fatality - December 2008 In This Issue:
1. Trivia and EHS Practice - Sometimes Serendipity
2. AIHA Suggests Qualifications for OSHA Administrator
3. Attack of the Toxic Air Handler
4. PVC Manufacturers Agree to Reduce Air Pollutants, Strengthen Control of Hazardous Wastes
5. Real or Fake: Which Christmas Tree is More Eco-Friendly?
6. AIHA Hosts Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene Course in China - November 2008 In This Issue:
1. AIHA Executive Director Departs, New Director Hired
2. European Organizations Work to Promote Safe Workplaces
3. MSHA Announces Initiative to Bolster Mine Safety
4. OSHA, AIHA Renew Alliance
5. BLS Releases 2007 Workplace Injury and Illness Rates
6. "Clean" Nanoscale Production Not Always a Reality - October 2008 In This Issue:
1. Time to Reform FECA?
2. AIHA Announces Academy of Industrial Hygiene Election Results
3. Expanding Confined Space Awareness
4. Stakeholders Weigh In On DOL Risk Assessment Rule
5. NSC Supports Uniform Injury Data Collection System - September 2008 In This Issue:
1. Are Manufacturer's Recommendations the Best Solution?
2. Report Evaluates NIOSH Injury Prevention Program
3. Webcast: Can You Hear Me Now? Quantifying Noise, Assessing Exposure, & Evaluating Results
4. OSHA Offers Assistance for Hurricane Gustav Cleanup and Recovery
5. MSHA Makes Crandall Canyon Mine Criminal Referral
6. DOL Wants Consistent Procedures for Agency Risk Assessments - August 2008 In This Issue:
1. MSDS Gone Wild!
2. Ansonia Copper and Brass Forges $212,000 in Fines
3. Should OSHA Adopt a Combustible Dust Standard?
4. Imperial Sugar Operations VP Recounts Unsafe Conditions Prior to Blast
5. MSHA Proposes $1.85 Million in Fines for Crandall Canyon Mine Disaster - July 2008 In This Issue:
1. Which OSHA Requirement Would You Toss?
2. MSHA Proposes Belt Air Rule
3. CSB Report Calls for Improved Nonconductive Flammable Liquid MSDSs
4. Focused Inspections of Petroleum Refineries in Washington Finds Multiple Violations at Shell's Equilon Facility
5. MSHA Notifies 16 Mine Operators of Potential Patterns of Violations
6. Pfizer Agrees to $975,000 Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations - June 2008 In This Issue:
1. The Great MSDS Hoax
2. Young Leaders in Industrial Hygiene
3. AIHce: Placing a Value on Industrial Hygiene
4. IH Instrumentation: Catch Problems Before They Happen
5. AIHce: Occupational Health Impact of the World Trade Center Disaster: Lessons Learned - May 2008 In This Issue:
1. A Worker's Worldview
2. Judge Rules in Favor of ACGIH in IBSA/NMA Lawsuit
3. Confined Space Safety and Rescue: Challenges and Lessons Learned
4. House Approves Bill Addressing Combustible Dust Hazards
5. AIHA Calls for Howard’s Reappointment as NIOSH Director - April 2008 In This Issue:
1. Putting Safety First: More Lessons from the Boy Scouts
2. AIHA Questions Dust Rule's Timeline
3. Managing Nanotech Hazards with Green Chemistry
4. Study: Coal Mining Pollution May Affect Public Health
5. CSB Video Provides Details of BP Texas City Blast
6. Study Finds Diacetyl Exposure Harmful to Mice - March 2008 In This Issue:
1. The Indirect Approach
2. Big Issues Keep Industrial Hygienists Focused on the Big Picture
3. OSHA Refinery Audit Exposes Massive Violations
4. Can You Hear Me Now? The Impacts of Hearing Loss
5. New ASTM Standard Provides Asbestos Guidance - February 2008 In This Issue:
1. Teaching an Old Dogma New Tricks
2. ACGIH Ratifies Exposure Limits
3. Responder Safety: The Lingering Threat of Avian Flu
4. AIHA Launches Digital Library
5. EPA Program Addresses Nanoscale Product Safety
6. OSHA's New Program Addresses Crystalline Silica Hazards - January 2008 In This Issue:
1. Season of Lights
2. Safety Roundtable: Looking Inside the EHS Crystal Ball
3. Survey Reveals PPE Compliance Concerns
4. Welding Safety: Ventilation is a Breath of Fresh Air
5. EPA Quits River Cleanup Talks With Dow - December 2007 In This Issue:
1. 'We Hired Them Because They're the Experts!'
2. Nation's Weapons Labs Have Dire Safety Problems, GAO Says
3. NIOSH Science Blog Stimulates Communication
4. Minnesota Pork Plant Workers Afflicted With Mysterious Illness
5. Construction Workers Suffer Skin Rashes in Katrina, Rita's Wake
