Scientists rely on the NIST Mass Spectral Library to accurately identify chemical compounds when conducting investigations and in other work.
The agency's experts have grouped antibiotics into three categories – ACCESS, WATCH, and RESERVE – with recommendations on when each category should be used. This change aims to ensure that antibiotics are available when needed, reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria, and preserve the effectiveness of "last resort" antibiotics.
The State Farm at Park Center project is a mixed-use development incorporating a 1 million-square-foot corporate office building, a 2.5 million-square-foot parking deck, and the demolition of the existing Hammond Exchange Building. During construction, approximately 50 subcontractors and 4,000 workers will be on site.
The year's best U.S. industrial hygiene event will take place May 21-23 in Philadelphia, with Professional Development Courses offered May 19, 20, and 24.
A ride cannot legally operate without a permit from the New York State Department of Labor, which last year performed nearly 1,600 inspections on more than 9,000 amusement devices and issued more than 2,900 orders to correct violations.
"Everything here is water-related, which tends to be the case with health care," said Bryan E. Christensen, an industrial hygienist and epidemiologist with CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. "There really needs to be an increased role for the industrial hygiene field at health care facilities. It's something that needs more emphasis going forward."
Sean Kerklaan of Fatigue Science held a session on the importance of sleep, and how to improve it for workers.
Scott Brueck of NIOSH evaluated the effect of noise on hearing loss at a hammer forge company.
A study looked at the village of Dong Mai, which created an industry out of recycling batteries and thus an overexposure to lead.
Having investigated the Upper Big Branch mine disaster, grain bin deaths, and the erosion of workers' compensation protections, he says the agencies and prosecutors don’t enforce strongly enough, and workers suffer.
Only three occupational cases of mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission have been recorded in the United States, a NIOSH presenter said June 5.
About 18,300 people applied more than a year ago, and the agency is announcing the new group in a live broadcast June 7 from the Johnson Space Center.
Sean Kerklaan of Fatigue Science held a session on the importance of sleep, and how to improve it for workers.
A number of presenters discussed EHS issues and how they crop up in the construction work place.
The association is looking for experts in industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety to submit proposals.
At this year’s AIHce EXP conference, the themes include questions about the IH profession’s future and the newest real-time detection technologies available from industry manufacturers.
The three winners were honored during a June 4 reception at the AIHce conference.
The three-day annual event hosted by NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research Division is taking place at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio.
The event will help raise awareness of safety and health programs for stakeholders.
Americans have been encouraged to make safety resolutions and break bad habits.