Health
Safety 2009: Barab Urges Safety and Health Professionals to Speak Up, Get Involved
At ASSE 2009, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab outlined some of the key challenges OSHA is addressing and prompted occupational safety and health professionals to take a more aggressive role and let their voices be heard in safety and health issues....
Vision Impairment Costs Billions Lost in Productivity
Corrected vision impairment could prevent billions of dollars in lost productivity annually, according to a new study published in the June Bulletin of the World Health Organization...
Research Examines the Financial, Health Costs of Coal Mining
The costs of illness and premature deaths in Appalachia related to coal mining far outweigh economic benefits the industry brings to the region, said Michael Hendryx, Ph.D...
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