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Welcome to IH
Insights, the monthly electronic newsletter for industrial
hygiene practitioners. Each issue brings you analysis and
commentary
from our contributing editors, all veteran industrial
hygienists, plus
news on compliance, research, and professional practice from the
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In This
Issue:
1. AIHA Executive
Director Departs, New Director Hired
2. European
Organizations Work to Promote Safe Workplaces
3. MSHA Announces
Initiative to Bolster Mine Safety
4. OSHA, AIHA Renew
Alliance
5. BLS Releases 2007
Workplace Injury and Illness Rates
6. "Clean" Nanoscale
Production Not Always a Reality
2. European Organizations Work to Promote Safe
Workplaces
Nine pan-European and multinational organizations have signed up to
be part of the first wave of official partners of Healthy Workplaces, a
campaign organized by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
(EU-OSHA) that focuses on the evaluation of health and safety risks and
aims at reducing work-related accidents and illnesses.
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4. OSHA, AIHA Renew Alliance
Employers and employees will receive valuable workplace safety and
health information and training resources on general industry,
construction and emergency response issues through a renewed alliance
signed Oct. 27 between OSHA and the American Industrial Hygiene
Association (AIHA).
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6. "Clean" Nanoscale Production Not Always a
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