EPA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Indian Health Service (IHS) have announced $90 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for improved access to vital drinking water and wastewater services in the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The funds will be invested in ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects designed to better protect human and environmental health in Indian Country and to create jobs.
In this challenging economy, even those who are fortunate enough to keep their jobs can feel stressed by increased workloads and uncertainty at work. The Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) has released a white paper detailing ways that employees can manage work-related stress with greater self-advocacy and interventions.
One of the best ways to learn about local water quality conditions is to obtain a copy of your community’s Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), says a recent press release from NSF International. Issued around July 1 each year, these water quality reports provide customers of public and private water utilities with information regarding the source of their local community’s drinking water supply, as well as the quality of the finished drinking water supply.
“We could very well see hearing loss problems continue to increase into future generations,” Louise Vallee told a room full of safety professionals at a recent seminar, according to a press release from the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.
Dan Urmann, architect of Solarhome.org, a Web platform for the solar industry, has announced that inquiries from every state were up since Congress passed the landmark RES bill, according to a recent press release.
The official coming out party was held in San Antonio, site of this year’s American Society of Safety Engineers professional development conference. It was a rare treat for safety and health pros. When was the last time the Labor Secretary and the OSHA chief spoke at the same safety and health meeting, from the same stage on the same day?
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced at the annual gathering of the American Society of Safety Engineers, held in late June in San Antonio, a major construction safety initiative in Texas to prevent workplace injuries and fatalities.
OSHA has proposed $255,150 in fines against Sturm Ruger & Co. Inc. for 60 alleged violations of safety and health standards identified during the agency's inspections of the firearms manufacturer's Newport, N.H., plant conducted between November 2008 and May 2009, according to an agency press release.
EPA has made available comprehensive reports and data on water enforcement in all 50 states, according to an agency press release. This is part of Administrator Lisa P. Jackson’s larger effort by to enhance transparency, promote the public’s right to know about water quality and provide information on EPA’s actions to protect water under the Clean Water Act, according to the release.
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