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Industrial
Hygiene Insights — July 2009 |
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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. Industrial
Vaccuum Cleaners: They're Not Your Mother's Cleaning Tools
2. AIHA
Comments on Protecting America's Workers Act
3. OSHA Launches
Regional Program to Reduce Lead Exposure in the Workplace
4. Research
Examines the Financial, Health Costs of Coal Mining
5. New
Report Finds Fault with Radiation Portal Monitors, Better Technology
Needed
6. OSHA Offers
Tips on Working Safely in Hot Weather
7. Secondhand
Smoke May Threaten Casino Workers' Health
2. AIHA Comments on Protecting America's
Workers Act
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) recently released
comments on HR 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act, a bill amending
the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 that is sponsored
by Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey, chairwoman of the Committee on Education and
Labor's Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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4. Research Examines the Financial, Health
Costs of Coal Mining
The costs of illness and premature deaths in Appalachia related to
coal mining far outweigh economic benefits the industry brings to the
region, said Michael Hendryx, Ph.D., associate director of the West
Virginia University Institute for Health Policy Research, in a new study
published in the journal Public Health Reports.
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6. OSHA Offers Tips on Working Safely in Hot
Weather
Those hot, hazy days of summer are here. The heat especially can be
harmful for those who work outdoors in direct sunlight or in hot
environments, making them susceptible to heat-induced illnesses such as
heat stress, heat exhaustion or the more serious heat stroke.
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