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Health & Safety Newsletter May 23, 2013 |
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California Adopts New Recycling Measure for Mercury-laden Thermostats
The state of California issued new rules today that will greatly reduce the amount of dangerous mercury sent to landfills and incinerators each year due to the improper disposal of old mercury-laden thermostats. The new rules will require thermostat manufacturers to collect and recycle the vast majority of discarded mercury thermostats in California. Over the next five years, this will keep nearly 2 tons of the toxin out of garbage trucks, landfills and incinerators where the mercury can be released from crushing or burning, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the California Product ... | ||
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AIHA, AIHA Registry Programs and IAQA to Develop Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Body of Knowledge and Registry
On Monday, May 20, the American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA), the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) and AIHA Registry Programs, LLC, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will lead the way toward joint development of a registry for qualified indoor air quality (IAQ) practitioners. IAQA President Donald M. Weekes, CIH, CSP, AIHA President Allan K. Fleeger, CIH, CSP, and AIHA Registry Programs Managing Director Mary Ann Latko, CAE, CIH, CSP, QEP, signed the MOU during the AIHA IEQ Committee meeting which took place yesterday at the 74th annual American ... | ||
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