"If we don't understand and address the safety risks of nanotechnologies people will probably not buy the products," said Andrew D. Maynard, Ph.D., chief science advisor for the D.C.-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies.

OSHA recently launched a new screen printing module as part of its interactive Web-based Ergonomics in the Printing Industry eTool. The module and eTool are products of the agency's Alliance with the Graphic Arts Coalition.

In the wake of the April 2006 collapse of a scaffold in downtown Boston, Mass., lawmakers are proposing jail time for companies that dismiss monetary sanctions for worksite safety violations.

OSHA conducted its very popular "Top 10 Violations" program at the National Safety Congress on Tuesday, Nov. 7.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is getting together this week to decide how to advise the president on radiation dosing.

OSHA has cited Thomas Industrial Coatings Inc. of Pevely, Mo., for 33 willful – including "instance-by-instance" willful – and eight serious alleged violations of job safety and health standards. Proposed penalties total $2,362,500.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), Des Plaines, Ill., announced the availability of the newly revised American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.6-2006 standard, Safety Requirements for Demolition for Construction and Demolition Operations, approved by ANSI on Sept. 11, 2006.

At the end of election night, the U.S. Senate hinges on two races likely headed for recounts, but this much is clear: the Democratic Party will control the House of Representatives. Chairmanships of committees and subcommittees are still subject to speculation, but safety and health professionals can begin to look ahead at some of the projected leaders of the new Congress.

Last week, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with other city officials, announced they have formed a task force to make recommendations for improving scaffolding safety. The task force was in response to an increase in the number of accidents and deaths of scaffold workers over the past three months.

In less than a decade, nanotechnology is predicted to result in $2.6 trillion in manufactured goods annually, and two million workers will be making these and other nanotechnology products, according to a report by British scholar Andrew Maynard.