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EPA releases final health assessment for tetrachloroethylene (Perc)

Public health protections remain in place
February 21, 2012

The EPA has posted the final health assessment for tetrachloroethylene – also known as perchloroethylene, or perc – to EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) database.


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EPA downgrades dioxins as health risk

February 21, 2012

The EPA last week finalized its non-cancer science assessment for dioxins, which was last reviewed in the 1980s.


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AIHA supports worker health draft law in China

February 16, 2012

In a letter sent last week to the Director of  the State Administration of Work Safety in China, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) President Elizabeth Pullen expressed support for a draft law that would enhance occupational health in that country.


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EPA says industry is voluntarily reducing toxic chemicals

More than 150 alternatives to long-chain perfluorinated chemicals have been developed
February 14, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the interim results of a voluntary effort by eight chemical manufacturers to reduce emissions and use of long-chain perfluorinated chemicals (LCPFCs), including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).


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DoD recognized for energy efficiency improvements

February 13, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized two Department of Defense (DoD) facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award for taking an efficient, clean, and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single source.


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Poll: Concerns grow about Google privacy changes

February 02, 2012

Three-fourths of U.S. adults are concerned about Google's changes to its privacy policies that allow the company to follow activities of users as they move across the firm's various services, a new IBOPE Zogby survey finds.


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Politicians just don't get safety

David Cameron wants to crush safety cultures
February 02, 2012

Imagine if a month ago, on New Year’s Day, a grim-faced President Obama came on TV to address the nation with his official POTUS (President Of The United States) New Year’s Resolution:


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Myths and realities about water and water conservation

February 02, 2012

Lots of old folktales prevail about how to save and conserve water—even if it really is necessary. However, water and water conservation are becoming very serious issues around the world.


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Twenty years in the making: EPA finally publishes mercury standard

January 24, 2012

On Dec. 21, EPA issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, the first national standards to protect American families from power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollution such as arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide.


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New guide helps events organizers with sustainability reporting

January 24, 2012

New guidance published today by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) enables event organizers to report on sustainability issues like impacts on communities, natural environments, and local and global economies.


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