Where would we be without industrial hygiene? IH is the foundation of workplace safety and health, but without trustworthy, valid exposure limits that match the latest science about health effects, IH ...

The Foundation for Occupational Health & Safety recently created the Sustainable TLV®/BEI® Fund to ensure the continued development of the Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) and Biological Exposure ...

Employers often fail to appreciate the ramifications of industrial hygiene data and medical records. Even non-detect records must be maintained ...

The processes for establishing voluntary occupational exposure limits (OELs) by nonprofit organizations have been legally and scientifically challenged recently. This follows a long history of legal ...

The Council is ready to begin negotiations with the European Parliament on a new initiative to protect workers from health risks linked to exposure to dangerous chemicals. The amending directive on ...

A study will be conducted to review the model(s) the Department of Defense proposes for determining occupational exposure levels for lead. An ad hoc committee will review the scientific and technical ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Army public health experts have created a new on-line resource for workplace vibration exposure measurements to help track any potential hazardous vibration exposures at ...

A study will be conducted to review the methods the Department of Defense proposes for determining occupational exposure guidelines for trichloroethylene (TCE) in situations where vapor intrusion is ...

On 4 July the Health and Safety Commission published a consultation document welcoming comments on proposals to int... On 4 July the Health and Safety Commission published a consultation document ...

The agency's new table of recommended exposure limits highlights "the fact that OSHA's PELs are out of date and many of them are inadequately protective," OSHA Administrator David Michaels said. Most ...