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Private Sector Workplace Injuries and Illnesses on the Rise
Last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its report on employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses. This most recent report covers the 2-year period of 2021-2022. According to BLS, private industry employers reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2022, up 7.5% from 2021. This increase was driven by the rise in both injuries, up 4.5% to ...
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National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Released by BLS and EHS Resources to Protect Workers
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its annual National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report several months ago. It covers data from 2021 and sadly shows a one-year 8.9 percent increase in fatal work injuries. For 2021, there were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States, an increase from the 4,764 in 2020. The fatal work injury rate was 3.6 fatalities per ...
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Cost-Effective Chlorine Gas Leak Prevention
Coe & Van Loo Consultants Inc. (CVL) in Phoenix, Arizona, has worked with ChlorTainer on a variety of water projects over the past decade for municipal and private water companies. Associate/Director Eric Laurin says there’s one very good reason for that: “There is great care in the design.” Laurin says he was attracted to the “passive” containment ...
By ChlorTainer
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EPA Announces Request for Public Input on the Current Pesticide Exemption Provision Process
On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit information on the current pesticide exemption provision process. EPA announced that it is considering whether regulatory and policy changes are needed to improve the exemption provisions for pesticides that may be considered minimum risk under ...
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Jeffery Morris, Former OPPT Director, Examines TSCA as a Gap-Filling Statute
After reading the article below by Jeffery Morris, former Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), we were inspired to post it. We appreciate having the opportunity to share his analysis with our audience. TSCA as a Gap-Filling Statute: Potentially Exposed and Susceptible Subpopulations In its response to public ...
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PFAS Regulation Moves Forward at State, Federal Levels
States are increasing scrutiny of the widespread, long-lived chemicals, which often are found in tap water and the human bloodstream PFAS is the acronym for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, a class of more than 4,000 chemicals used in the manufacture of a wide range of consumer goods, including Teflon coating and food packaging. But because of their resistance to breaking down, they have ...
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Cority Enviance SDS Vault Wins 2020 New Product of the Year Award from Environmental Protection
Cority, the most trusted provider of environmental, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) software today announced its SDS Vault solution has received Environmental Protection’s 2020 New Product of the Year award in the Software/SaaS category. Now in its 11th year, the Environmental Protection New Product of the Year award honors the outstanding achievements of industry manufacturers whose ...
By Cority
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Environmental Effects on Airbag Components
The importance of thorough environmental testing came up once again in the news last week. Takata’s most recent recall will tack on 35 million more airbags, bringing the number to at least 63 million in the United States alone. Federal safety regulators said the cause of the defect is long-term exposure to changing moisture and temperature conditions. The culprit of the airbag defect is a ...
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Environmental Professionals in Puerto Rico Help to Detect and Prevent PCBs from Contaminating Used Oils
When PCB-contaminated oil is not detected and ends up mixed with other oils at collection and recycling centers it can create not only an environmental hazard, but also an extremely costly situation for the commercial or municipal service provider. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes one such case when 600 gallons of contaminated oil was mixed with non-PCB oil resulting in ...
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Recent Federal Developments
Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, and Jane S. Vergnes, Ph.D., DABT, Director of Toxicology, presented “Overview of the Proposed Rule: Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” during the “Data for Chemical Evaluations: Secret or Otherwise” session at The Society of Toxicology’s 58th Annual Meeting held this week in Baltimore, Maryland. For a copy of the ...
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TSCA Mercury Inventory: Dec. 26 Deadline for Comments on Proposed Reporting Requirements Approaching
As previously reported in our TSCAblog® item on October 26, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed triennial electronic reporting requirements pertinent to the supply, use, and trade of mercury in the United States. 82 Fed. Reg. 49564. The 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) require EPA to establish periodic mercury reporting requirements for any ...
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Free Webinar - U.S. State-Level Environmental Product Regulations: What Lies Ahead for 2017?
Indications from Washington D.C. are suggesting a significant shift away from Federal environmental regulation. However, at U.S. State-level there has been significant increase in activity. This webinar will bring you up-to-date on the flurry of proposals for environmental product compliance at U.S. State level with recent developments in relation to product safety, chemicals, consumer ...
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3E Company and Dotmatics Establish Strategic Alliance to Support Scientific Informatics and Environmental Compliance in the Life Sciences Industry
3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced a strategic alliance with Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services to the life sciences industry. The alliance will offer Dotmatics and 3E customers access to a range of integrated applications designed to optimize ...
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Haz-Matters Emergency Management
When you require training for dealing with hazardous material environments, look no further than HAZ-MATTERS, HAZWOPER training, Canada's leader in specialized Hazardous Materials Operations and Hazardous Chemical handling and training. We innovate... Over the past few months, I've received a number of requests for assistance in helping clients identify various mixtures and outdated/unlabelled ...
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Hanover, N.H. Army Lab Fined and Takes Steps to Improve Safety under EPA Settlement
The Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to pay $85,059 to settle EPA claims that it violated federal regulations meant to protect the public from hazardous chemicals at a research lab in Hanover, N.H., and it has taken action to improve the safety of its operations at the facility. EPA alleged that the Army Corps did not comply with “Risk Management Plan” regulations contained in the ...
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EPA Holds Workshop For Input On Risk Assessment Of Genetically Engineered Algae
On September 30, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a workshop on genetically engineered (GE) algae to give stakeholders an opportunity to hear about EPA's plans for improving its risk assessments of GE algae under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Dr. Jeff Morris, Deputy Director of Programs for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), welcomed ...
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House approves bill to overhaul chemical regulation
The House on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill that would update regulation of harmful chemicals for the first time in nearly 40 years. The House vote, 398-1, moves the bill to the Senate, where a similar measure awaits a floor vote after winning approval from a Senate committee. Both bills would set safety standards for tens of thousands of chemicals that now are unregulated. The bills also ...
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Fracking: US tightens rules for chemical disclosure
The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the first major federal regulation of the controversial drilling technique that has sparked an ongoing boom in natural gas production but raised widespread concerns about possible groundwater contamination. A rule to take effect in ...
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EPA Inspection Leads to Safer Work Practices at Fort Dodge, Iowa, Water Treatment Plant
The city of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has agreed to implement safer work practices at its John T. Pray Water Treatment Plant in an effort to resolve alleged violations of the Chemical Accident Prevention regulations under the federal Clean Air Act. According to an administrative compliance order on consent filed by EPA Region 7 in Lenexa, Kan., the Agency conducted an inspection of chlorine handling at ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson referenced in Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Article “Updating TSCA, spurring safer chemicals, increasing markets among priorities in 2015”
Comments made by Lynn Bergeson were published by Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report in an article about recent and continuing efforts to pass a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform bill. Federal preemption of state chemical regulation purposely was not addressed in a widely circulated draft revision of S. 1009 that never was introduced, and the preemption issue remains a challenge, ...
By Acta Group
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