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From harmful building materials to poorly ventilated systems, older homes demand a closer look if you want to live safely within them. Here’s a breakdown of the most critical hazards, supported by global data and best-practice guidance.

The most positive development I’ve noticed in workplace safety and health: Mental health awareness and outreach have never been greater.

Despite decades of research linking ethylene oxide exposure to life-threatening diseases, OSHA has not updated its workplace exposure limits since the early 1980s. 

In mold remediation, physical safety often takes the spotlight, but beneath those layers of protection lies another crisis in the mounting psychological toll on the very workers trained to restore safe environments.

More than a third of construction workers say they have missed work due to mental health concerns within the past 12 months, 4 percentage points higher than in 2024 

While lathering is best, 45% admit to sometimes rinsing with only water – with men more likely than women to skip the soap.

The 2026-2027 grants will provide up to $300,000 in funding.

Legionella is already a global public health concern and infection rates in the United States continue to climb at an alarming pace.

Gone are the days when “mental health was someone else's department…”

Surface-level gestures — a flyer on the wall, a once-a-year mental health week — may raise awareness, but they don’t create lasting change.