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Health & Safety Newsletter January 10, 2013 |
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Mercury Levels in Humans and Fish Regularly Exceed Health Advisory Levels Worldwide
A new scientific report finds that humans and marine ecosystems around the world are contaminated with mercury and that mercury levels in humans and fish regularly exceed health advisory guidelines. The report, a collaboration between IPEN and Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI), highlights the urgent need for an overall reduction in mercury emissions when government delegates convene next week in Geneva in their final negotiating session for an international mercury treaty – the first global treaty on the environment in more than a decade by the United Nations Environment Programme. The ... | ||
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OSHA issues 2012 inspection plan to reduce injuries and illnesses at high-hazard workplaces
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued its annual inspection plan under the Site-Specific Targeting 2012 program to direct enforcement resources to workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur. The SST program is one of OSHA`s main programmed inspection plans for high-hazard, non-construction workplaces that have 20 or more workers. The SST plan is based on data collected from a survey of 80,000 establishments in high-hazard industries. "Through the SST program, we can prevent injuries and illnesses, and save lives by focusing our inspection resources ... | ||
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