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Best practices for using vaporized hydrogen peroxide indoors

September 21, 2022

Many workplaces are looking for new and improved methods of decontaminating indoor spaces. To keep business running more or less, as usual, these methods need to be efficient, cost-effective, and safe enough to use regularly. Using vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) as a disinfection and decontamination measure has become increasingly common.

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OSHA’s proposed lead rulemaking

Pro-life laws affecting current ANPRM for blood lead levels

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

September 20, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 overturn of 1973 Roe v Wade has emboldened states to propose “fetal personhood” laws. What does this mean for proposed rulemaking for blood lead levels?

NIOSH announces 11 Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health

September 6, 2022

The Great Lakes Center for Farmworker Health and Wellbeing, based at the University of Illinois Chicago, is the newest NIOSH Ag Center. It was created to amplify research efforts in farmworker health and wellbeing, as well as foster tighter networks of researchers, policy makers, advocacy groups, and healthcare organizations.

OSHA, industry leaders call on employers, workers to combat surge in construction worker suicides

September 6, 2022

Coinciding with Construction Suicide Prevention Week, a task force is calling on construction industry employers, trade groups and other stakeholders to join OSHA’s Suicide Prevention Safety Stand-Down, Sept. 5-9, 2022.

OSHA’s Doug Parker discusses going beyond compliance on first day of VPPPA conference

Benita Mehta

August 24, 2022

The VPPPA 2022 Safety+ Symposium and Expo opened Tuesday, August 23, 2022 in Washington, D.C. with an opening address from Doug Parker, OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor. Parker began by emphasizing the importance of making real change means not just focusing on compliance.

Automation increases safety and productivity in health care

Devin Partida

August 8, 2022

Automation has begun to appear in nearly every industry in various capacities. It has even started to impact medicine and health care, benefiting patients and practitioners. Here’s how automation increases safety and productivity for medical professionals in this sector.

Dave Johnson: What's Going On

How deep a dive into climate change?

Dave Johnson

August 4, 2022

Opinions are most divisive over a risk-related question: will climate change harm you personally? A 2021 Yale poll found a split (47 percent yes – 45 percent no). OK, so maybe baby boomers and older adults get a pass. But their kids?

Gaining momentum: Restricting & banning 'forever chemicals'

PFAS have varying degrees of toxicity

Dave Johnson

August 4, 2022

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, are so-called “forever chemicals” because they don’t easily break down in the environment and can remain indefinitely in air, soil and water, including sources of drinking water.

Beyond the basics of heat protection

How to protect construction workers and create a specific action plan

Shayne Stevens, CSP, CHST, CMSP

July 28, 2022

In the construction industry, we face various safety barriers, highlighting the importance of implementing companywide rules, regulations, and safeguards at construction sites to protect our workers from accidents and injury.

Biden Administration launches Heat.gov with tools for communities facing extreme heat

Initiative is in partnership with multiple agencies, including CDC, OSHA, NIOSH, NOAA

July 28, 2022

The Biden Administration through the interagency National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) launched Heat.gov, a new website to provide the public and decision-makers with educated information to understand and reduce the health risks of extreme heat.