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Sep 18, 2017

National Preparedness Month — September 2017

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Every September, CDC, private and public health institutions, and approximately 3,000 government organizations support preparedness efforts ...
Sep 14, 2017

UVic scientist says peak contamination levels from Fukushima disaster are now known

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The disaster created concern over the potential impact on marine life and human health, but UVic chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen said cont...
Sep 13, 2017

Global Treaty to Halt Invasive Aquatic Species Now in Effect

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(PIANT.ORG) The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments ( BWM Convention ) went in...

The Hidden Health Hazards After Flooding

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MERCOLA: Across the world, countries have experienced significant changes in weather patterns in the past decades. 1  Recently, the southern...
Sep 8, 2017

Energy Department Announces up to $8.8 Million for Innovations in Algae Technology

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The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of four additional projects from the  Productivity Enhanced Algae and ToolKits  fundin...

Texas Chemical Plant Sued For Millions, First Responders Charge Gross Negligence

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International Business Times: Seven first responders filed  a lawsuit  Thursday against a chemical company whose Houston-area facility expl...

Something Powerful in the Crosby Air

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  This vivid description is included in the original petition of a  lawsuit  filed today against Arkema,  operators of the  chemical plant  ...
Sep 6, 2017

CHEMOPHOBIA...the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety Discussion

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Chemicals – The Good, Bad, and the Ugly  S.B. Sigmann Public Perception of the Chemical Enterprise The Good The Bad and the Uncertain . M.E....

NEW Fact Sheet—EMS Workers: How Employers Can Prevent Injuries and Exposures

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NEW Fact Sheet—EMS Workers: How Employers Can Prevent Injuries and Exposures ​ More than 22,000 EMS workers visited emergency departments ea...
Sep 5, 2017

Free Webinars Will Promote Agriculture Safety Sept. 18-22

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AgriSafe Network, a Susan Harwood Training Grant awardee, is sponsoring several free daily webinars in recognition of National Farm Safety a...

Top Stories OSHA Urges Recovery Workers to Stay Safe in Areas Affected by Harvey

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As thousands of workers and volunteers courageously mobilize to help victims recover from the catastrophic storm damage in Texas and Louisia...

Texas Residents Should Know the Chemicals They're Breathing After the Arkema Plant Explosion

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Arkema discloses chemicals, quantities at risk in Texas Hundreds of metric tons of highly unstable organic peroxides at imminent risk of fir...

Texas chemical plant to burn containers at risk of explosion: officials

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HOUSTON (Reuters) - The operators of a Crosby, Texas, chemical factory that ran out of electricity needed to keep flammable material refrige...
Sep 1, 2017

Holy Crap...Dow Chemical and DuPont have completed their $130-billion merger

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Dow Chemical and DuPont have completed their $130-billion merger of equals, bringing together two industrial icons, if only for the next 18 ...

Podcasts: Slips, Trips, and Falls: Preventing Workplace Injuries and Arthritis in the Workplace

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This month's podcasts from CCOHS explain how to prevent workplace injuries that are the result of slips, trips, or falls from the same l...

Health Canada Inspecting for WHMIS 2015 Compliance via @CCOHS

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In 2015, the Government of Canada updated the rules for the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), a national system desi...

The Big Rewards of Health and Safety for Small Businesses to Canada’s economy

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Small businesses are big contributors to Canada's economy.  They make up about 98% of all Canadian businesses, employ close to half of t...