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Weekly news round-up

August 30, 2014

A dust-up on an NTSB plane crash investigation, new regulations to protect health care workers in California and North Carolina and surprising research about emotions in the workplace were among the week’s top EHS-related stories as posted on ISHN.com.

A FairWarning article:

Labor activist who chose to work within the system is outsider once more, and again crusading for job safety

Jane Kay

July 31, 2014

After decades of speaking out against workplace hazards in this country and abroad, Garrett Brown didn’t quietly fade away when he retired from his high-ranking state regulatory job in California. He came back to hound his former employer.

Weekly news round-up

July 19, 2014

A safety scandal engulfs the CDC, a scientist whose discovery has protected the hands of millions of workers passes and fall fatalities were among the top EHS-related stories featured on ISHN.com this week:

Former Cal/OSHA staffer says he witnessed political coup that forced out agency head

Garrett Brown MPH, CIH

July 17, 2014

Cal/OSHA Chief Ellen Widess was instructed to attend a meeting at 11 am on September3, 2013 – the day after Labor Day – with California Labor Secretary Marty Morgenstern and Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker at DIR’s Oakland Headquarters.

California bill to protect healthcare workers from violence moves ahead

Two nurses stabbed recently at L.A. hospitals

April 29, 2014

Registered nurses are among those keeping close watch on a California measure to protect the state’s healthcare workers from work-related violence as it moves from one Senate committee to another this week.

Weekly news round-up

April 5, 2014

A 20-year veteran of Cal/OSHA accuses the state of illegally using federal funds meant for worker safety; roofers say OSHA’s proposed silica rule will increase their fall protection hazards and bad news about allergies. These were among the top EHS-related stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Weekly news round-up

Big Apple pesticide exposure, EHS Academy Awards

October 19, 2013

The government shutdown’s potential affect on public health, Academy Awards for the EHS community and the question your doctor should be asking you are among this week’s top stories as featured on ISHN.com:

Calif. luggage maker earns $34,000 in state OSH fines

Lack of PPE, heat-related illness among hazards

October 17, 2013

Blocked fire exits, lack of foot protection and dangerously stacked merchandise were among the hazards discovered recently at a California distribution center by the state’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA).

California Industrial Hygiene Council 2013 annual conference

August 12, 2013

The California Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC), founded over 23 years ago to establish a legislative presence in the California State Capitol for the profession, has historically sponsored first rate EH&S conferences which-- draw dynamic speakers and conference participants into a robust dialogue on the latest EH&S initiatives.

Hair styling product exposes cosmetologists to formaldehyde

New study finds levels above OELs

July 26, 2013

A study being published in the August issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH) found that a popular hair straightening product used in hair salons could expose hair styliststo airborne formaldehyde at levels above the limits determined by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA.