The former owner of the country’s largest asbestos abatement training school was sentenced to prison last week, after having fled the United States after her trial in November 2008. Albania Deleon, 41, formerly of Andover, Mass., was sentenced to 87 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release.
Testimony details benefits of safeguards, debunks myths
September 16, 2011
The record of U.S. health, safety and environmental regulation has been strikingly successful, and Congress should reduce barriers to commonsense regulations, Public Citizen said this week in congressional testimony.
Environmental groups are condemning President Obama’s decision last week to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw the draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Group says sustainability reporting is a work priority
September 1, 2011
The National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM) announced that it will play an active role in shaping the future of how companies disclose their performance as an Organizational Stakeholder in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Delegates at a public health conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) in Cardiff were informed of new research showing that smoking in cars is dangerous to children even after the cigarette is extinguished.
MSA Safety Works was recently awarded the 2011 Environmental Packaging of the Year Award by the North American Retail Hardware Association (NRHA.) This was awarded for the packaging of MSA Safety Works Espresso™Polarized Safety Glasses.