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US Labor Department awards more than US$6.8m in safety and health training grants
The U.S. Department of Labor`s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded more than $6.8 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to 30 recipients, encompassing labor unions, employer associations, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations. The training grants cover a two-year period. `Safe jobs are our priority,` said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. `Providing workers and employers the knowledge and tools they need to ensure safe working conditions is the best way to prevent workers from getting injured or killed on the job.`
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New chemical pollutants? Research finds fluorochemicals in water samples
Another contaminant found in Canadian groundwater samples may join the list of environmental substances that could be harmful to humans and the environment, according to recent study results published in the September 2009 issue of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The newest potential threat to human health and the environment is fluorochemicals known as perfluorinated phosphoric acids (PFPAs), which were found in water samples taken for study in the past decade from Canadian creeks, rivers and, waste treatment effluents. PFPAs were found at 24 of 30 sites used in the research, which is ... |
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