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Feb 27, 2020

Screening for Lung Cancer — annually 148,869 lung cancer-associated deaths

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CDC - The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends annual lung cancer screening for adults aged 55–80 years who have a ≥30 ...

Be Ready for New Strains on Worker Health

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CCOHS- The identification of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China in late 2019 has highlighted the need for workplaces in Canada to ...

The World Congress on Safety and Health at Work Invites the World Through its Fellowship Program

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CCOHS- The XXII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, taking place October 4-7, 2020 in Toronto, Canada, is offering a fellowship pro...
Feb 26, 2020

EU Publishes New Classification for Titanium Dioxide Via Inhalation

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On Feb. 18, the European Commission published a regulation classifying titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) containing greater than 1% respirable dust ...

Stimulating summer class focusing on military as specialized workplace

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Are you looking for an outstanding 1 credit summer class that addresses military exposures, veterans health, and service-linked policies?  T...
Feb 11, 2020

Department of Energy Invests $74 Million in Building and Construction Technologies and Innovations

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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $74 million for 63 selected projects to research, develop, and test energy-efficient and flexibl...

Department of Energy Awards $187 Million to Strengthen U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness

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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $187 million in funding, including $48 million of cost share, for 55 projects in 2...

Coronavirus Rare Incubation of 24 Days Means quarantines need to be 6 weeks long instead of 3 weeks.

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( Brian Wang ) A new study shows the coronavirus ncov 2019 has a median incubation period was 3.0 days but the range is 0 to 24.0 days . Thi...
Feb 6, 2020

EPA Hires Wisconsin Environmental Rockstar as Administrator for EPA's Region 5!

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(FET) EPA Names new Administrator for Region 5 Kurt Thiede of Wisconsin has been named regional administrator for EPA Region 5, overseeing e...
Feb 4, 2020

Energy Department Announces $18.8 Million for Hydrothermal and Low Temperature Geothermal Research

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(DOE) the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $18.8 million toward the research and development (R&D) of innovative subs...
Feb 3, 2020

Anhydrous Ammonia Chemical Release — Lake County, Illinois, April 2019

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On April 25, 2019, a farm tractor towing two 2-ton ammonia tanks on a county road in Lake County, Illinois, experienced a mechanical fai...
Jan 30, 2020

Audit Health and Safety Conditions with New HazardAssess App

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(CCOHS) Take action to reduce or eliminate health and safety risks in your workplace with the new HazardAssess app, available free of char...

Safeguarding: The First Line of Defence

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(CCOHS) Working with machinery puts workers at risk. Safeguarding is the essential first line of defense against potentially serious injur...

Occupational Cancer: Take Action to Prevent Exposures

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Every day millions head out to work, maybe not fully aware that in their job or place of work, they are being exposed to cancer-causing ...

EPA Posts Great Lakes Trash Free Waters RFA Questions and Answers

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EPA has posted an updated set of questions and answers pertaining to its Great Lakes Trash Free Waters RFA. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020 GLNPO h...
Jan 29, 2020

U.S. Surgeon General Highlights the Value of Worker Well-Being and the NIOSH Total Worker Health(R) Approach

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(CDC) In a recent article in Public Health Reports, the U.S. Surgeon General, Vice Admiral (VADM) Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, recognizes th...
Jan 28, 2020

Two Nasty Traits Of This Coronavirus, Typically Not Seen Together

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Compiled what follows from a  Series of Thirteen Tweets  by physician (MD) and scientist (PhD)  Dr. Dena Grayson . Emphasis is mine. Dr. Den...
Jan 27, 2020

CDC Page on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

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CDC is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (termed "2019-nCoV") that was fir...
Jan 21, 2020

Nimonik hosting a Free Online Comprehensive Compliance Workshop.

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Hello, On January 30th, Nimonik is hosting a Free Online Comprehensive Compliance Workshop. To benchmark your compliance efforts in 2020, he...

EPA’s Final Rule to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to the universal waste program

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(FETinc.org) EPA has released a pre-publication version of its Final Rule to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to the Universal Waste progra...
Jan 20, 2020

China building more nuclear power facilities than any other country

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BEIJING, China - There are currently eleven nuclear power units under construction in China, the largest number of nuclear power facilities ...
Jan 13, 2020

2020 PFAS Seminar on remediating PFAS contaminants

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The 2020 PFAS Seminar that will bring together renowned industry leaders with knowledge on remediating PFAS contaminants in surface water, g...
Jan 10, 2020

Occupational Reproductive Hazards for Female Surgeons in the Operating Room

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JAMA: Importance   Higher rates of infertility and pregnancy complications have been found for female surgeons compared with the general pop...
Jan 9, 2020

Wanted: Water Department Manager in Milwaukee

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Water Department Manager in Milwaukee to help their company grow. What You Will Be Doing Implement Corporate Strategic Plan Create Business ...
Jan 8, 2020

Despite everything, U.S. emissions dipped in 2019

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From the GRIST Surging natural gas was the biggest reason for coal's demise. Gas comes with its own problems for the climate– burnin...

134 million Americans – more than 41% – lived in counties with unhealthy levels of either ozone or particulate pollution

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The American Lung Association's 19th annual "state of the air" report found that 134 million Americans – more than 41% – ...

Can adoption of pollution prevention techniques reduce pollution substitution?

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The open source journal PLOSOne had a recent article of potential interest to the P2 community. The researchers used TRI data to determine t...

EPA's Final Rule to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to the universal waste program

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From HAzMat-TSP "The Environmental Protection Agency is adding hazardous waste aerosol cans to the universal waste program under the ...

EPA will have approximately $5.5 billion in WIFIA loans to finance approximately $11 billion in water infrastructure investment with its 2020 appropriation.

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Congress provided $55 million in budget authority for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program in the "Furth...
Dec 30, 2019

Japan Is Considering To Dump Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into The Pacific Ocean

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According to TOI, the new proposal stated the methods have been implemented previously, after the core meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979...

Chinese metal mines feed the global demand for gadgets. They’re also poisoning China’s poorest regions.

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Toxic dust and runoff bring soaring levels of dangerous metals such as cadmium and lead. Source https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pa...
Dec 19, 2019

Fukushima: Lessons learned from soil decontamination after nuclear accident

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December 18, 2019/in Focus Story, Remediation /by hazmatmag (From https://www.soil-journal.net/5/333/2019/ ) Following the accident at the F...