EPA has announced a final rule to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the largest stationary sources, while shielding millions of small sources of GHGs from Clean Air Act permitting requirements, according to an agency press release.
EPA will continue validating its ToxCast screening tool by screening more than 100 drugs provided by Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi-Aventis, and Merck, according to an agency press release.
Depression isn’t a one-size-fits-all illness, according to the latest edition of Harvard Medical School’s “Healthbeat.” Just like a rash or heart disease, depression can take many forms. As you’ll see, there’s a cluster of symptoms that are typically present, but one person’s experience of depression often differs from another’s. Definitions of depression — and the therapies designed to ease this disease’s grip — also continue to evolve, according to “Healthbeat.”
OSHA has cited The Welch Corp., a Brighton, Mass., contractor, for alleged willful, serious and other-than-serious violations of safety standards at a Brighton worksit, according to an agency press release. The company faces a total of $61,650 in fines, chiefly for excavation hazards.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced a set of reforms that will give federal inspectors more tools, more resources, more independence, and greater authority to enforce laws and regulations that apply to oil and gas companies operating on the Outer Continental Shelf, according to an Interior Department press release.
The Mine Workers (UMWA) union and families of victims killed in the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster have filed suit in federal court to open to the public interviews of safety officials and others now being conducted behind closed doors by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), according to a blog post on the AFL-CIO’s website
A whistleblower investigation by OSHA found that the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. violated an employee's rights when he was disciplined for exercising those rights under the Federal Railroad Safety Act.
OSHA has cited the U.S. Postal Service with three alleged willful violations at its Bedford Park, Ill., processing center, according to an agency press release.
Small and medium-sized companies seeking to promote a healthy workplace culture and help employees to pursue a healthy lifestyle will get support from a new website launched by the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) with its partner the National Business Group on Health.
OSHA’s most recent semi-annual regulatory agenda included an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) in the “prerule” stage, writes American Industrial Hygiene Association Government Affairs Director Aaron Trippler in his latest “Happenings from the Hill” dispatch.