From VOA Learning English, 31 March 2016
“The diseases afflict more than a billion people around the world but the media gives little attention to them. They are Neglected Tropical Diseases or NTDs.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 17 of them, including rabies, leprosy, river blindness, dengue and Chikungunya. About 534,000 people …
From: The Hill, 24 March 2016
“Millions of construction and manufacturing workers will be protected from harmful silica dust under long-delayed rules from the Obama administration. The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Thursday it is cutting in half the level of silica workers could be exposed to on the job.…
The Hill, 3 March 2016
“The Supreme Court handed the Obama administration a victory Thursday when Chief Justice John Roberts refused to block a contentious air pollution rule. Roberts’s order rejecting a plea from a group of 20 states asking the court to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards came …
From Safety and Health Magazine, 9 March 2016
Every week in the United States, as many as 3 million employees (about 2 percent of the workforce) work while they’re sick, according to research from Cornell University. Researchers examined data from the 2011 Leave Supplement of the American Time Use Survey from the Bureau of …
CDC, 3 February 2016
“To further enhance its response to the Zika virus outbreak, CDC’s Emergency Operations Center is moving to a Level 1 activation—reflecting the agency’s assessment of the need for an accelerated preparedness to bring together experts to focus intently and work efficiently in anticipation of local Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes …
From ECHA, 2 March 2016- “The Agency will apply a two year ‘moratorium’ on updates to the majority of its guidance on REACH before the 31 May 2018 deadline. It concerns any guidance that explains the registration requirements. The moratorium is set to begin on 31 May 2016. The purpose of this stand-still period …
Source of article: EPA, 18 February 2016
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced its seven National Enforcement Initiatives for fiscal years 2017-2019, which focus on national pollution challenges where EPA’s enforcement efforts will protect public health. For the next cycle starting on October 1, 2016, EPA will retain four of its current …
EPA News Release, February 19, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released DWMAPS – the Drinking Water Mapping Application to Protect Source Waters. DWMAPS allows users to learn about their watershed and understand more about their water supplier. DWMAPS also lets users see if sources of their drinking water are polluted and …
Article by Joy Inouye, NIOSH, February 17, 2016
The use of leading indicators is a growing hot topic in occupational and environmental health and safety. The Campbell Institute at the National Safety Council has been studying leading indicators for the past two years to help more organizations take advantage of their predictive power. The Institute …
The Big Four hazards are: Falls; Electrocutions; Caught in or between; and Struck by. Because of the fatal consequences posed by these hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health’s (OSHA) focus serves as a good reminder to address these in your own operations.
To prevent falls: Be diligent when it comes to working in personnel …
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