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May 31, 2017

ANNOUNCING $56.8 Million in FY17 Brownfields Assessment and Cleanup Grants

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EPA is pleased to announce that 172 communities will receive 279 grants totaling $56.8 million in EPA Brownfields funding through our Assess...

Women in Green Cleaning Free Webinar

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Friday, June 2 1-2 p.m. Central Time What are the unique challenges facing women in the cleaning industry? What are some of the ways women c...

TOXIC CHOCOLATE: that 45 of the 70 chocolate products contain lead and/or cadmium above the safe harbor threshold of California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986

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As You Sow has conducted independent laboratory testing of 70 chocolate products for lead and cadmium. We found that 45 of the 70 chocolate ...
May 30, 2017

FREE Webcast on Injury & Illness Recordkeeping @jjkeller

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Injury and Illness Recordkeeping 9-1-1:  Status of the revised rule Tuesday, June 6th 10:00 AM Central Time (11:00 ET, 9:00 MT, 8:00 PT) – R...
May 26, 2017

DERMaL ETool Kit for HAZMAT emergency preparedness responders, incident commanders, and other emergency management professionals

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T he DERMaL eToolkit  provides emergency preparedness responders, incident commanders, and other emergency management professionals a resour...

The EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) is seeking nominations for qualified scientists.

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The EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) is seeking nominations for qualified scientists. The BOSC provides scientific and techni...
May 24, 2017

EPA To Host Finance Forum for Drinking Water Systems on July 26

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The EPA's Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Finance Center, in collaboration with the Environmental Finance Center at UNC  and the Ala...
May 23, 2017

Free Webinar: Group Lockout Techniques that Work

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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 12:00 pm Central  Many lockout accidents occur because one person unknowingly triggers machinery startup or a...

Free Webinar for Risk Management: A Hands-on Approach & Transition Experiences

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Join Violet Masoud, Director of Sales, MSC for DNV GL Business Assurance, North American and Jason Teliszczak, CEO/Founder of JTEnvironmen...

Free Webinar on OSHA’s silica rule to implement controls and work practices that reduce workers’ exposure to silica dust.

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OSHA's silica rule is one of the biggest impact standards the agency has set in years. The rule significantly reduces the amount of sili...
May 19, 2017

Liberty Mutual @LibertyMutual end safety research, “will result in a major loss for the occupational safety and health field."

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ISHN: An institute whose research has had a tremendous impact on worker safety over the past six decades is closing its doors – and safety a...
May 17, 2017

Free EPA Webinar - The Resilient Business: Disaster Preparation through Pollution Prevention

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Webinar - The Resilient Business: Disaster Preparation through Pollution Prevention Wednesday Jun...

International Reports Call for Global Phase Out of Pesticides

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Several heavy-hitting, international reports have surfaced in recent years, highlighting the serious impact agricultural chemicals are havin...
May 12, 2017

Upcoming RCRA Changes and How They’ll Affect Your Business (Final Rule officially goes into effect on May 30)

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the law that oversees the proper management of hazardous and non-hazardous solid waste, i...
May 10, 2017

DHS Provides Answers to Industry Questions on Chemical Security Assessment Tool

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(PAINT.ORG) In September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched "CSAT 2.0," which is a revised CSAT (Chemical Securit...
May 9, 2017

“Cumulative exposure represents the greatest health threat for people" 4,000 people die each day from pollution-related illnesses.

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​ In 2015, the earthquake in Nepal, and a series of heat waves in France, India, Pakistan and Belgium, accounted for the top causes of nat...

Antibiotic resistance has a language problem

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​ Rajesh Kumar Singh/REX/Shutterstock A physician examines a man with TB. Like the bacteria behind other common infections,  Mycobacterium...
May 5, 2017

17% of fatal accidents involved stoned drivers... soared in Washington since pot was legalized

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Fatal crashes involving drivers who recently used marijuana more than doubled in 2014. Pot was involved in 17% of fatal crashes in Washingto...

​​Mercury Poisoning at a Home Day Care Center — Hillsborough County, Florida, 2015

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In November 2015, 13 cases of mercury poisoning were detected among attendees and residents of a home day care center after identification o...

US National Library of Medicine, launches Tox-App based on the web version of TOXMAP.

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Tox-App lets iOS users search for industrial facilities that reported releasing certain chemicals into the environment to the  US EPA TRI pr...

Anti-vaccine activists spark a state’s worst measles outbreak in decades Washington Post

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By  Lena H. Sun  May 5 MINNEAPOLIS The young mother started getting advice early on from friends in the close-knit Somali immigrant communit...