December 30, 2010
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Health & Safety Newsletter December 30, 2010 |
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Taiwan Leads Asia in Contaminated Site Remediation
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Being the first Asian country to implement the Soil and Groundwater Remediation Act, Taiwan has held the leading position in Asia with many investigations and remediation techniques accumulated since the act was promulgated in February 2000, said Hong-de Tsai, executive secretary of Soil and Groundwater Remediation Fund Management Board under the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). Tsai noted in an interview that because Taiwan is small and densely populated, it must have active planning of land use and effectively repair, restore and reuse contaminated ... |
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US Labor Department`s OSHA acts to protect residential roofing workers
Agency rescinds Clinton-era directive and gives workers more safeguards against falls WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor`s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a new directive withdrawing a former one that allowed residential builders to bypass fall protection requirements. The directive being replaced, issued in 1995, initially was intended as a temporary policy and was the result of concerns about the feasibility of fall protection in residential building construction. However, there continues to be a high number of fall-related deaths in construction, ... |
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