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Ergonomics is the defining OSHA issue in the Gore-Bush contest.

The American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Society of Safety Engineers will hold their first joint leadership training workshop.

Pursuing or maintaining professional certification is the most common career move reported by safety and health pros.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that it has found no asbestos or "transitional" fibers that may appear like asbestos in children's chalk.

Almost nine out of ten safety and health pros (86 percent) use email on the job, and 83 percent access Internet Web sites.

Dr. Lawrence J. Fine has been named acting director of NIOSH effective November 1, 2000.

Only 37 percent of the safety and health pros polled by Industrial Safety & Hygiene News in its annual White Paper reader survey say they feel a rewarding sense of job satisfaction.

URAC has appointed an advisory committee to develop standards for accrediting health Web sites.

EPA’s first consolidated air pollution regulation combines 16 existing federal air rules applying to synthetic organic chemical manufacturers, significantly reducing monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements for industry without reducing any environmental protection, according to the agency.

Jobs involving exposure to common solvents can put workers at risk for developing symptoms of Parkinson's disease earlier in life and more severe disease symptoms throughout its course.