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June 22, 2021
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The Monthly Weekly: What’s New at OSHA?

OSHA topped headlines earlier this month when the agency issued an emergency temporary standard to protect healthcare workers from contracting SARS-CoV-2. While the ETS was highly anticipated, it's far from the only recent update from the agency.
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April 20, 2021
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The Monthly Weekly: Federal Agencies Maintain Focus on COVID-19

As workplaces across the country reopen, new information from CDC, OSHA, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can help inform these efforts. Here, SynergistNOW highlights recent developments from these agencies.
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February 9, 2021
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The Monthly Weekly: This Winter, a Flurry of EPA Activity

Rules and risk evaluations top EPA’s list of announcements this winter.
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June 25, 2019
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Agencies Focus on Infectious Diseases in the Workplace

Infectious diseases have commanded their share of headlines in recent years, and federal agencies like CDC, OSHA, and NIOSH have dedicated resources and staff to address outbreaks and provide timely guidance for the public and workers who may be at r...
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June 20, 2019
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Soft Skills to Pay the Bills

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Emotional Intelligence (EI). I’ve blogged about it (here and here), co-presented a webinar on it, and was honored to lead a session on the topic at the recent Women in IH Summit in Minneapolis. While I do not c...
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April 30, 2019
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Chemical and Physical Hazards Top Industry News Headlines

It’s been a busy month and a half with tax season coming to an end and many people traveling for spring break. In case you’ve missed the recent news from the federal agencies that oversee occupational health and safety, here are some of the highlight...
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January 30, 2019
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Media, Legislation Keep Focus on Firefighters and Cancer

Part of my job as senior editor of The Synergist is to keep up with media coverage of the industrial hygiene and occupational health and safety industries. The association between firefighting and cancer is one topic that has frequently bubbled to th...
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May 16, 2018
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Coming "Shortly": EPA’s Finalized Rulemaking on Methylene Chloride

EPA announced on May 10 that it intends to send its finalized methylene chloride rulemaking to the Office of Management and Budget “shortly,” a development that’s nearly five years in the making. Methylene chloride is a volatile organic compound that...
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November 28, 2017
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News Roundup: Federal Agency Nominations, Rule Updates

Over the past month, news has been trickling out of the federal agencies that oversee occupational safety and health. In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights. Nominee to lead federal OSHA. On Oct. 27, President Trump announced his inte...
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October 31, 2017
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Here’s What NIOSH’s Health Hazard Evaluation Accomplished in 2016

News and updates from some federal agencies slowed following the arrival of the new administration in January, but NIOSH’s Health Hazard Evaluation Program has remained active, publishing new reports of agency investigations of workplaces that reques...
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August 24, 2017
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News Roundup: New Tech and Updated Resources for Ergonomics

In recent weeks, the sprawling world of occupational health and safety brought us several news items on the topic of ergonomics. Earlier this month, NIOSH, which has been keeping busy on the mobile app development front, released NLE Calc, a new mob...
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May 3, 2017
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News Roundup: Welding Fume Newly Classified as Group 1 Carcinogen

Seventeen scientists from 10 countries met earlier this year at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) to evaluate the carcinogenicity of welding fumes and UV radiation from welding. IARC estimates that 11 million workers have “welder...
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