Risk Assessment
Understanding exposure to hazards that pose a potential health risk to workers is important for employers to appropriately eliminate, control, and reduce risk to keep workers safe. With help from…
What is “Sick Building Syndrome”?
The term “sick building syndrome” is used to describe situations in which building occupants claim they have experienced acute health and comfort effects that are linked to time spent in…
Understanding How Units Can Be Miscommunicated in the Media
Most people are familiar with every day units and likely do unit conversions without even thinking about it, such as feet to inches, or cups to ounces. More complex conversions…
NIOSH Announces 19 “PHE” Designated Respirators Are Now Obsolete
19 respirator models, that had previously been approved under a temporary public health emergency (PHE) designation related to the COVID-19 pandemic, are now considered obsolete by the National Institute for Health…
New Skin Notation Profile Focuses on Flavoring Compounds
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published a new skin notation profile for the flavoring compound diacetyl and its substitute, 2,3-pentanedione and other various chemicals. In the profile…
OSHA Announces Changes to Severe Violator Enforcement Program
The United States Department of Labor announced updated criteria for its Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program. These updates are designed to strengthen enforcement and improve compliance…
OSHA Releases Top 10 Most Frequently Cited Workplace Safety Standards for 2022
Employers have a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy workplace with programs and systems in place to protect employees from a vast range of workplace hazards. For any business,…
Product Stewardship and Artificial Christmas Trees
What is Product Stewardship? Product stewardship is the responsibility of managing the health, safety, and environmental aspects of raw materials, intermediates, and consumer products through their life cycle and across…
EPA Issues Final Revised Risk Determination for Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under TSCA
The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final revised risk determination for Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) determining that, as a whole chemical substance, PV29, poses an “unreasonable risk”…
World Health Organization Releases List of Health-Threatening Fungi
As the first global effort to systematically prioritize fungal pathogens, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released a catalogue of 19 “priority pathogens” representing those they believe are the greatest…