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Memory Loss Can Start as Early as Age 45, Study Says

The authors argue that robust evidence showing cognitive decline before the age of 60 has important ramifications because it demonstrates the importance of promoting healthy lifestyles, particularly cardiovascular health.

Chicken Processor Fined $288K for Process Safety Management Deficiencies

Violations related to OSHA's process safety management standards allegedly resulted in an ammonia release at the facility on June 30.

Six Mideast Countries Join in NCD Strategy

Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer cause more than 60 percent of all deaths in the six GCC countries -- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.



How Many Small Farms? Ag Census Will Tell

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service will conduct the next Census of Agriculture in the latter half of 2012. Meanwhile, it is helping Serbia and Armenia prepare for their own censuses.

Workplace Issues Highlighted in Competitiveness Report

The report delivered to Congress by Commerce Secretary John Bryson says continued R&D funding is vital to allow America to "out compete" the rest of the world. Six "alarms" for the U.S. economy include slow employment growth, stagnant wages, and concerns about U.S. education.

OSHA Unearths Trenching Hazards at Wisconsin Worksite

"McHugh Excavating & Plumbing has the responsibility of ensuring that its employees are properly protected from known workplace hazards such as trench cave-ins," said Kim Stille, OSHA's area director in Madison.

ANSI Approves New Safety Standards for Construction, Demolition

"The A10 standards play an important role in providing technical guidance to the construction and demolition industry in order to prevent occupational fatalities, injuries, and illnesses,” said Richard King, chair of the A10 Committee.

Target Recalls LED Flashlights Due to Fire, Burn Hazards

Target has received reports of four incidents involving six-piece LED Flashlight Sets, including two minor burn injuries to consumers’ hands.

CSB: Flash Fires at Hoeganaes Plant were Preventable

The CSB investigation found that significant amounts of fine iron powder had accumulated over time at the Hoeganaes facility, and that while the company knew from its own testing and experience with flash fires in the plant that the dust was combustible, it did not take the necessary action to reduce the hazards through engineering controls and basic housekeeping.

MSHA Releases Preliminary Fatality Data for 2011

Of the 37 fatalities reported, 12 occurred at surface coal mines, 11 at surface metal/nonmetal mines, nine at underground coal mines, and five at underground metal/nonmetal mines.

Discount Retailer Racks Up $90,000 in Fines for Locked Emergency Exit Doors

OSHA's inspection revealed several instances where emergency exit doors in the store were padlocked during work hours and emergency exit routes were obstructed by racks of clothing and boxes of stock.

$5 Million Crane Reaches Port of West Sacramento

Port officials hope the mobile crane unloaded Jan. 3 will bring container cargo to the inland port for the first time.

Worker Caught in Grain Bin Auger, S.D. Firm Fined $95,920

A worker at a grain handling facility was caught in a moving bin sweep auger and suffered severe injuries to his leg and arm.

Farm to Fork, ISO Offers Help

The new technical specification ISO/TS 22002-3:2011 was created to help farmers maintain a hygienic environment and do their part to prevent food safety risks.

Treatment Shows Promise for Toxic Radiation Levels: DARPA

The federal agency funded research that paired antibiotics with bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), which is a protein found in immune systems. It increased the survival rates of mice exposed to toxic levels of radiation to nearly 80 percent, DARPA announced Jan. 4.

2012 Human Factors Prize Theme: Science Behind Product Design

Submissions may be submitted between June 1 and July 1, 2012. The winning submission, along with other acceptable submissions, will be published in the last 2012 issue of the journal.

Gulf Restoration Public Meetings Begin Next Week

The first two of a dozen public hearings to discuss proposed Early Restoration projects after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will take place in Florida on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12.

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