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2025 Upton Sinclair Lecture: Protecting Miners: Insights Into Black Lung Disease and Regulatory Challenges

NPR's Howard Berkes, an award-winning journalist known for his investigations into black lung disease, will present the Upton Sinclair Memorial Lecture at AIHA Connect 2025, focusing on occupational and environmental health and safety challenges facing OEHS professionals in protecting coal miners.

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Cal/OSHA Clarifies Requirements on Lead Exposure during Abrasive Blasting

New notes added to the website of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) clarify the state agency's requirements for protecting construction workers involved with dry abrasive blasting from lead exposure.

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May 15, 2025

Eliminating NIOSH Will Hurt American Workers

Image Credit: Getty Images / Emmanuelle Firman The opinions, claims, conclusions, and positions expressed on this blog are those of the author or per...

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Highlights from AIHA Connect 2025

Coverage of AIHA Connect 2025 from The Synergist.

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OSHA Inspection Program for Workplaces with High Injury, Illness Rates Updated

A new directive issued by OSHA updates the agency’s inspection program that directs enforcement resources to workplaces with the highest rates of injuries and illnesses.

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Skin Sensitization Prediction Tool Available from National Toxicology Program

A new, open-access web tool published on the National Toxicology Program (NTP) website is intended to help users predict a chemical’s skin sensitization potential from an uploaded data set.

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NTP Handbook Outlines Best Practices for Evaluating Carcinogens

The National Toxicology Program has published an update to the Handbook on Methods for Conducting Cancer Hazard Evaluations, a document detailing the program's processes for identifying chemicals and exposures that may pose risks of cancer to humans.

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CSB Urges Process Safety Management Improvements in New Final Report

Insufficient process safety management systems contributed to the fatal explosion and eruption at a liquid nitriding facility in Tennessee in May 2024, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Investigation Board has found.

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Budget Proposal Would Eliminate CSB, Begin Closure This Fiscal Year

President Trump’s budget request for fiscal year 2026 seeks to eliminate funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an agency that investigates major chemical accidents and makes recommendations for improving the safety of the chemical industry, workers, and communities.

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California Highlights Health and Safety in the Cannabis Industry

The Occupational Health Branch of the California Department of Public Health has created new webpages intended to help workers and employers understand legal protections and avoid hazards in the cannabis industry.

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