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DOT Video Series Personalizes Distracted Driving's Cost

The "Faces of Distracted Driving" series announced Nov. 16 by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood features people who have been injured or lost loved ones because of distracted driving accidents.

Lessons of MGM Grand Fire Remembered

Thirty years ago, inadequate building design contributed to the deaths of 85 people in the Las Vegas high-rise, which was one of the deadliest hotel fires in U.S. history.

Incoming Chairman Takes Aim at IST

U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., reportedly promised to remove any requirement that CFATS-covered facilities use inherently safer technologies once he becomes chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in January.



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Analysis Suggests Limiting Carbon Nanotube Exposure

A UC Berkeley researcher recommends "anticipatory governance" approach, meaning nanotubes would be considered hazardous until their toxicity and behavior can be better understood.

Chevron Division Gets Top Honors in OSHA's VPP

Chevron Energy Solutions announced that its operation of the central utility plant at Fort Detrick has earned Star Status from OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.

DOL Announces Enforcement Plan to Protect Workers' Retirement, Health Benefits

The enforcement cases represent civil cases filed in federal district courts across the country to protect the contributions made by employees and matching contributions promised by their employers.

Owner, Company Convicted in Rochester Asbestos Case

The Justice Department announced Monday that a federal court jury convicted Keith Gordon-Smith and his asbestos abatement company, Gordon-Smith Contracting Inc., of violating CAA asbestos work practice standards and lying to hide the violations.

The research will evaluate air quality in retail spaces and how to increase ventilation efficiency.

Study Evaluating Retail Stores' IAQ

There is little published information about air quality and ventilation rates in retail spaces, and ventilation requirements for retail have been set largely by data for commercial office buildings.

Comp System Challenges Explored

Surely one of the last U.S. House Education and Labor hearings before Republicans take control in January, today's hearing will examine recent trends and their impact on state programs.

"The issues raised by duty hours extend well beyond job safety," Pollack wrote.

AHA Asks OSHA Not to Regulate Residents' Hours

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education "remains the best-positioned entity to perform this critical function," Executive Vice President Rick Pollack wrote in his letter to Dr. David Michaels.

Study: Sitting Longer May Reduce Lifespan

Physiologists who analyzed obesity, heart disease, and diabetes found that the act of sitting shuts down the circulation of a fat-absorbing enzyme called lipase.

NTSB Discussing 2010 Most Wanted Changes Today

Among the regulations are primary seat belt laws, graduated licensing laws for young drivers, hard-core drinking driver laws, and recreational boating safety laws. New ones may be considered, according to the board.

CBRN Respirator Meeting Set For Dec. 9

The meeting will discuss NIOSH's work on a performance standard for CBRN respirators. The project is Docket Number 082-A, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Combination Respirator Unit.

NRC Lays Plan for Depleted Uranium Munitions

Spent rounds from training conducted in the 1960s remain at sites in at least seven states, according to the U.S. Army.

FDA Launches External Defibrillator Improvement Initiative

Inviting manufacturers to a Dec. 15-16 public workshop, the agency says it intends to facilitate the development of safer, more effective "next-generation" devices.

Topics to be addressed during the event include heat stress solutions, hydration monitoring, cooling, and protection factors.

Top-Notch Responder PPE Conference Coming Next Week

Two units of the federal Technical Support Working Group are hosting PPE Conference 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 30-Dec. 3. TSWG is the interagency R&D anti-terrorism program.

EU Nearer to Harmonizing IFR Rules for Military Aircraft

Six years of work went into the specifications that have been sent to 38 member states, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation said Nov. 8.

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