"Methylene chloride exposure can have very serious health effects, such as cancer and cardiac distress," said Paula Dixon-Roderick, director of OSHA's area office in Marlton, N.J.
Novo Nordisk Inc., a Danish drug maker, agreed to pay that amount to resolve its civil liability for illegally promoting a hemophilia drug for treating traumatic bleeding of combat casualties.
Decreased lung function was more likely for officers with respiratory symptoms, those who were present when the towers collapsed, and those who worked long hours at the WTC site.
Salmonella, which is responsible for an estimated $365 million in direct medical costs each year in the United States, can be challenging to address because so many different foods like meats, eggs, produce, and even processed foods, can become contaminated with it and finding the source can be challenging because it can be introduced in many different ways.
The willful violations address the company’s failure, from 2007 to 2010, to record standard threshold shifts on the OSHA 300 Log when employees’ hearing tests revealed that they experienced a work-related STS and the employees’ total hearing level was 25 decibels or more above audiometric zero.
At the American Society of Clinical Oncology's conference in Chicago, Dr. David Khayat, MD, Ph.D., of Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital received the 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award for promoting oncology care in France.
"The increasing number of absences due to employee illness further makes the case for on-site first aid kits or cabinets in the workplace," said John Amann, Cintas Corporation's senior director of operations.
Overexertion is the third leading cause of unintentional injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States, accounting for an estimated 3.3 million visits annually.
FDA has determined that any concern about a relationship between ARB use and development of cancer has been resolved by this analysis.
The latest data from the Department's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that over the five-year period from 2005 to 2009, nearly 3,400 people died, and an estimated 116,000 were injured, in tire-related crashes.
Homeowners are advised to be vigilant in eliminating places where water can collect and stand in their yards and gardens.
Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, noted that there could be some risk with cell phone use, but the evidence is not strong enough to confirm the link, and needs to be researched further.
Here's why your brand should figure into whether to deploy publicly accessible defibrillators.
The proposed rule from HHS would give people the right to obtain a report on who has electronically accessed their protected health information.
Celebrating its seventh consecutive record year, this organization has grown far beyond its roots as a jan/san buying group.
This long-term study allowed them to pinpoint when specific subtypes of virus first appeared in pigs in Hong Kong.
"We have confirmed that patients diagnosed with locally advanced prostate cancer can enjoy a long, cancer-free interval," said R. Jeffrey Karnes, M.D., of Mayo Clinic's Department of Urology.
Gas grills constitute a higher risk, having been involved in an annual average of 6,200 home fires in 2004-2008, while charcoal or other solid-fueled grills were involved in an annual average of 1,300 home fires.
One American dies from skin cancer every hour. It is the most common type of cancer in the United States, where skin cancer affects more than two million people each year, outnumbering the cases of breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancers combined.
Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vectorborne illness (or disease transmitted to humans by ticks, mosquitoes, or fleas) in the United States, with nearly 30,000 confirmed cases reported in 2009.