WHO's latest report says 2.3 billion people worldwide are covered by a least one measure limiting tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
The society signed an agreement last month to work with Chinese workplace safety professionals and announced July 10 that it will work with Russia's National Association of Centers for Occupational Safety and Health.
The committee's members are international experts who will meet July 9 and July 11.
The Approved Codes of Practice for working with asbestos-containing materials are being consolidated.
An unattended train carrying crude oil rolled into the town of Lac Megantic, where several railcars derailed and caught fire. Five people are confirmed dead and more than 40 are missing.
Great Britain has had one of the lowest fatality rates in leading industrial nations in Europe for the past eight years.
The Centre for Health Protection's latest update, issued July 3, said 50 suspected human cases have been received since March 31.
Recent investigations, including of some fatalities, suggest poor work practices are common during dismantling or demolition operations, according to the agency.
AIR Worldwide also validated damage functions for all four earthquake perils (shake, tsunami, liquefaction, fire following) against individual claims from the Great Tohoku quake and found wood construction is more vulnerable than previously considered.
"Enhanced global efforts are needed to share expertise, to assess, and to manage the risks associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals," according to the agency.
Engineers from the joint venture hired to refloat the cruise ship updated the mayor and residents of the island of Giglio on June 25.
At the 50th International Paris Air Show last week, the chief executive of the European Defence Agency signed agreements with EUROCONTROL and the European Aviation Safety Agency for enhanced cooperation.
It says 35 percent of all women worldwide will experience intimate partner or non-partner violence, calling it a major contributor to women's mental health problems.
OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels and Suzy McDonald of the Department of Health of Canada are scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding June 19.
The World's Largest Swimming Lesson™ takes place June 18 with organizers predicting it will set another Guinness World Record.
The 2012 annual safety review from the European Aviation Safety Agency shows fewer fatal accidents involving helicopters and general aviation aircraft that the year before.
The Chick-a-Dee brand detectors are insufficiently sensitive to smoke and alarm at too low a volume.
They helped 39 people down after the Rameses Revenge ride at the Chessington World of Adventure stopped with the children and adults 12 feet above a walkway.
A new document from Britain's OSHA agency says setting alarm points "should not be 'fit and forget'" because initial alarm set-points may be adjusted up or down due to process-related events and instrument characteristics.
Most of the 5,442 cases reported from Jan. 1 to May 1, 2013, are unvaccinated adult males.