This new interim policy means that a chronic toxic effect could occur across a 24 hour period of time and any average 24-hour exposure measurement above the RfC is cause for prompt action. This is unprecedented and scientifically indefensible.
The Academy for Model Aeronautics and the DOT organization are collaborating to ensure the safety of model aircraft flying.
It's undeniable that members of the public in huge numbers go to Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks to share information about major events, from "Superstorm" Sandy to Colorado wildfires and the West Virginia water crisis. Emergency managers and key agencies are responding.
Ranking member on the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee, George Miller has served 40 years in Congress since being elected in 1974 at age 29.
There were no fatal accidents involving large commercial air transport aircraft in EASA Member States during 2013 and only 224 fatalities worldwide, well below the annual average of 703 between 2003 and 2012.
The chemical distributor's retaining wall around a chemical storage tank failed to prevent a leak of 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol that has contaminated the drinking water supply for 300,000 residents.
The recruits – 173 men and 22 women –are the second-largest recruit class in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department’s 85-year history.
Since the January 2010 earthquake, American Red Cross programs have committed $144 million on shelter programs, ensuring that nearly 109,000 people thus far have a safer place to live.
The first report on smoking and health was released Jan. 11, 1964. Since then, no other issue has engaged the U.S. surgeons general more than smoking.
OSHA Cites a Colorado-based company for $75,000 for allegedly exposing workers to electrical hazards.
The organization publishes the results following a public presentation in Endicott, NY.
The port that wins the contract to scrap the damaged cruise ship will be announced in March, according to the timetable for the remainder of the salvage operation.
The company is stepping up to improve schools' and colleges' safety posture.
The organization cites two companies and one commercial driver for posing an imminent hazard to public safety.
The agency approves Farxiga tablets, designed to help glycemic control.
A national campaign started in 133 VA long-term care facilities four years ago reduced them by 36 percent, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The 90-minute chat will discuss in detail the rule, which would reduce the agency's PEL for workers' exposure to respirable crystalline silica in general industry, construction, and maritime.
The city of Los Angeles' Attorney's Office has sued AllenCo Energy.
The agency will host a meeting to present the results of a health study done on former workers at an IBM facility.
The popular women's retail chain was cited by OSHA for alleged hazards at its New Jersey and New York stores.