The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded four grants to universities to research the relationship between the chemical composition of particulate matter (PM) and health effects, according to an agency press release. PM is a complex mixture that consists of direct emissions and reaction products formed in the atmosphere.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) this week released a performance audit (Report Number 02-09-203-10-105) of OSHA’s Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP) to Donald G. Shalhoub, deputy assistant secretary for occupational safety and health.
This week the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General released an audit report, “Procurement Violations and Irregularities Occurred in OSHA’s Oversight of a Blanket Purchase Agreement to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety and Health,” (Report Number: 03-09-002-10-001).
EPA has added Albania Deleon, former president of Massachusetts’ largest asbestos removal training school, to its fugitives Web site. Deleon failed to appear for her sentencing on March 23 at the Federal District Court, District of Massachusetts, and a warrant has been issued for her arrest, according to an EPA press release.
Assigned Protection Factors (APF), a new guidance document published by OSHA, provides employers with vital information for selecting respirators for employees exposed to contaminants in the air, according to an agency press release.
Change to Win Health and Safety coordinator Eric Frumin issued the following statement in response to the report released yesterday by the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Labor on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) enforcement failures.
According to preliminary aviation accident statistics for the 2008 calendar year released today by the National Transportation Safety Board released, some industry sectors showed improvements while accident rates increased in others.
Safe Kids Buckle Up, the comprehensive child passenger safety program of Safe Kids USA in partnership with General Motors, received a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Public Service Award today at the annual Lifesavers highway safety conference in Nashville, according to a recent press release.
Who is Hamid Arabzadeh, born in Iran, educated at McGill University in Montreal, owner of HRA Environmental Consultants in Irvine, Calif., a college lecturer, former director of global industrial hygiene for UNOCAL Corporation, former director of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Environmental Health and Safety Branch, former university EHS manager, possessor of credentials including Certified Industrial Hygienist, Certified Safety Professional, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, Registered Environmental Assessor, hailed by supporters as a courageous whistleblower for alleging misconduct in the LA School District’s EHS operations, a passionate advocate of human rights in Iran, a Fellow of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and past AIHA local section president — and a leading contender to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health in the U.S. Department of Labor?
The mission of the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) includes enforcing provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is designed to ensure that millions of workers are paid the federal minimum wage and overtime. Conducting investigations based on worker complaints is WHD's priority. According to WHD, investigations range from comprehensive investigations to conciliations, which consist primarily of phone calls to a complainant's employer.
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