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Online Toolkit Promotes Inclusive Workplaces

The U.S. Department of Labor launched the Workplace Flexibility Toolkit during National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

Non-Communicable Diseases Top Concern of World Medical Association's New President

Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, who was the American Medical Association's president in 2010-2011, also identified ethics in medicine and the threat of climate change as major challenges facing the world and the medical profession.

NYC Development Hub Expanded to Accept Smaller Projects

Licensed design professionals can submit plans and obtain permits electronically for home renovations, office makeovers, façade repairs, etc.



NYC Cyclists Face Safety Crackdown from City Council

To combat unsafe commercial cyclists, measures are taken to enforce safety classes and accountability.

OSHA Renews Alliance with Airline Ground Safety Panel

Focused on improving safety for airline ground workers, the two-year alliance aims to prevent struck-by injuries, slips and falls, and chemical exposures.

80,000 USB Wall Chargers Recalled

Atomi has voluntarily recalled the Sharper Image USB chargers because they can overheat and smoke, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers, CPSC announced Oct. 10.

Mabbett & Associates, Joint Venture Win GSA Contracts

They are the two prime contractors for a new award to provide industrial hygiene and environmental technical support services in about 200 federally owned, occupied, or leased buildings in the National Capital Region.

Living Near Livestock Raises MRSA Risk

A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Dutch colleagues found that regional density of livestock is an important risk factor for people without direct contact with the animals.

MARAD Seeks Environmental Associate Administrator

This is a federal government Senior Executive Service (SES) position located in Washington, D.C.

NFPA Forming Committee for New SCBA Standard

The Standards Council approved in principle a request to proceed with a standard addressing design, use, testing, and certification of SCBAs for emergency response operations that don’t involve structural firefighting.

Allstate's Drive Wise Availability Expands

The usage-based auto insurance policy became available in four more states Oct. 8 and will be in three additional states in November, the company recently announced.

ASHRAE Seeks Abstracts for IAQ 2013

The Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings conference will take place in October 2013 in Vancouver, Canada.

Finnish Institute Hosting Second Nanosafety Joint Workshop

Set for Oct. 25-26 in Helsinki, the event is intended to advance the EU-U.S. collaboration and raise the Communities of Research to a new level of activity.

NIH Leading 2012 Health Disparities Summit

CDC, DOL, FDA, and more than a dozen other agencies are participating in the Oct. 31-Nov. 2 event.

HSE Warns Offshore Industry About Deck Grating Failures

Composite fire-resistant materials, particularly deck gratings, may lose their load-bearing capabilities after relatively short exposures to hydrocarbon pool fires, the agency warns.

OSHA Cites Paving Company in Heat Fatality

The agency launched an investigation after an employee working on a parking lot paving job in Washington, D.C., suffered heat stress, was taken to a hospital, and died there.

A Cool Million for FANG Design

The task is to design and engineer drive train and mobility systems to collaboratively design elements of a new amphibious infantry vehicle: FANG, the Fast, Adaptable, Next-Generation Ground Vehicle.

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