Environmental Health and Safety - Articles - Page 367

CIHs get their own public relations campaign

ABIH aims to increase awareness of CIH role, responsibilities

October 26, 2012

The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) will launch an information campaign designed to raise the profile of Certified Industrial Hygienists (CIH) by explaining who they are and what they do.

At the National Safety Congress: Topics du jour

October 23, 2012

From internet forums you get a good idea of the workshops at the Congress and what is on the minds of EHS professionals:

At the National Safety Congress: The economy is back

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson reporting from NSC Congress & Expo

October 23, 2012

Thanks to the EHS internet forum, we present the type of topics common at the NSC Congress, and also a list of jobs.

Up and comers

October 22, 2012

It’s always hazardous to compile lists of who’s who. Deserving folks are always omitted. Nonetheless, here is a list of young or relatively young thought leaders in the EHS field.

Generation next addressed at NSC Congress

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson reporting from Florida

October 22, 2012

Maybe the EHD field should not as concerned as it about attrition and dwindling ranks of pros. The word out of the NSC show in Orlando is all positive.

BCSP calls for nominations for the 2013 Awards of Excellence

October 15, 2012

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) is now accepting nominations for the Second Annual BCSP Awards of Excellence (AoE), the ceremony for which will be held Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) Professional Development Conference, Safety 2013.

Just published: ANSI/AIHA® Z10-2012 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

October 15, 2012

ANSI/AIHA Z10-2012 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems provides organizations an effective tool for continual improvement of their occupational health and safety performance.

New rule helps evaluate miners’ digital chest radiographs

From the Director’s Desk

October 11, 2012

Since its creation, NIOSH has been responsible by law for administering a program that offers chest radiographs, or x-rays, to provide underground coal miners with medical monitoring for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, or "black lung," the term by which this serious but preventable occupational lung disease is probably better known among the general public.

Workers in noisy bars risk hearing loss

October 10, 2012

Employees of some nightclubs are being exposed to dangerously high noise levels, according to a study published recently in the International Journal of Noise & Health.