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The jobs are out there

But EHS soft skills & work ethics can frustrate employers

James E. Leemann Ph.D.

January 4, 2012

Heading into 2012, occupational safety and health (OSH) jobs are available.

EPA urges homeowners to act during National Radon Month

21,000 Americans die from radon related lung cancer each year

January 4, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging Americans this month, as part of National Radon Action Month, to take simple and affordable steps to test their homes for harmful levels of radon gas.

A closer look at e-learning

Expert advice on why technology-based training works

January 4, 2012

Call it what you will — online training, distance learning, web-based training or e-learning — but the practice of training employees via technology-based methods such as the Internet, intranet, CD-ROM and more has continued to grow in popularity as more and more workplaces discover the value that this type of training has to offer.

ISHN’s annual EHS State of the Nation

Compliance under control, most EHS programs cruise

Dave Johnson

January 4, 2012

For all the change brought on by the recession and post-recession uncertainty, it’s status quo for most EHS departments in 2012, according to ISHN’s reader survey:

A grim Top Ten list: COSH names 2011's notable workplace fatalities

January 4, 2012

From agriculture to mining to health care, the occupational fatalities that made the 2011 top ten list compiled by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health's (COSH) spanned many industries and highlighted notable gaps in regulatory attempts to address workplace hazards.

AIHA sets sights on next Asia conference

January 3, 2012

The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) has announced plans to host the second annual Asia Pacific OH + EHS Conference + Exhibition in Singapore from November 14 - 16, 2012.

New pr campaign to update public on BP Gulf restoration

January 3, 2012

BP recently debuted a new nationwide television advertising campaign intended to report on progress being made to clean up and restore the Gulf Coast region in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon accident.

Healh experts worry that flu research will unleash new dangers

January 3, 2012

The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that in order to conduct certain kinds of research into the H5N1 influenza virus, scientists could be creating newer and more dangerous forms of the virus that could ultimately pose a risk to public health.

More Americans expect delayed retirement

January 3, 2012

As older Americans (aged 50+) in the workforce continue to age towards retirement, the recent recession has left many of them expecting to work longer or even to never retire according to data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

Many young children overdosing on medicines at home

Parents reminded to keep meds “Up and Away and Out of Sight”

January 2, 2012

Each year, one of every 150 two–year–olds visits an emergency department in the United States for an unintentional medication overdose, most often after finding and eating or drinking medicines without adult supervision.