Was latest distracted driving wreck the last straw?
December 13, 2011
In an unprecedented move, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending a nationwide ban on the driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) announced today that a number of industry-leading organizations have joined its Professional Partner Program for the 2012 calendar year.
Most people are fine with texting or cell phone use while they're driving -- but they don't feel safe when they're the passenger and someone else is doing the texting or cell phone talking.
Mental illness is increasingly affecting productivity and well-being in the workplace, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which promotes policies to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
Although 1 in 6 U.S. adolescents has high-frequency hearing loss, a new report from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital shows that many parents don’t think their teens are at risk.
The REINS Act passed last week by the U.S. house represents either "an extreme attack" on the safeguards that protect the public or a move toward improving Congressional oversight of the regulatory process, depending on which end of the political spectrum is characterizing the issue.
A high-speed robotic screening system, aimed at protecting human health by improving how chemicals are tested in the United States, has begun testing 10,000 compounds for potential toxicity.
Despite a significant increase in the total number of miles driven by American motorists, highway deaths last year were at their lowest level since 1949, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).