The report will examine the health effects of drug and alcohol misuse from the perspectives of prevention, treatment, recovery, neurobiology, and delivery of care.
If it can be successfully commercialized by industry, detectives, field inspectors, and others could carry with them a convenient version of NIST's "headspace analysis" technique that identifies solid or liquid compounds based on the makeup of vapors released into the air.
High & Dry Roofing faces $152,460 in proposed penalties from OSHA and now is in the agency's Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
The FDA announced it plans to ban three chemicals used in pizza boxes, as well as other food packaging.
As of Jan. 5, nearly 150 doctors statewide had registered for the program and can certify their patients, if clinically appropriate for their qualifying condition and consistent with the department's guidance and regulations.
While preliminary data show a higher-than-normal number of disasters, overall losses were below normal, in terms of economic and insured losses. The United States represented 60 percent of all global insured losses in 2015, according to the company.
"While record-low numbers have been achieved, we are mindful that things could change in a heartbeat if we let down our guard. There is still much more to be done to ensure that miners go home after every shift, safe and healthy," Assistant Secretary Joe Main said.
Given that northern states from Washington to Maine are expecting snow and rain this week, the agency’s timely tips can help workers steer clear of cold stress.
Health care staffers should not use the company's convenience packs and trays for any surgical procedure because adequate testing hasn't been completed, according to the agency.
Susquehannah Supply Company has been cited for willful violations, OSHA announced. Proposed penalties in the case total $140,000.
There are 45 Skin Notation Profiles available on the NIOSH website.
The agency published the proposed rule Aug. 7, 2015, and took comments through Nov. 5, during which the the Non-Ferrous Founders' Society requested that OSHA schedule an informal public hearing on it.
Researchers' production of 50 grams of plutonium-238 "marks the first demonstration in the United States since the Savannah River Plant in South Carolina ceased production in the late 1980s," DOE's announcement stated.
Thirty-three crew members were aboard the cargo ship when it went down Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin near Crooked Island, Bahamas.
Citi Bike riders have taken 10 million trips in 2015, shattering 2014's previous record of 8,092,952 trips, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced.