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NTSB releases school bus safety video

November 8, 2016

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday released a video highlighting school buses as the safest form of transportation for children traveling to and from school – even safer than riding in a caryesterday with their parents.

A FairWarning.org story:

Johnson & Johnson hammered again in talc-ovarian cancer verdict of $70 million

Myron Levin

November 8, 2016

Health care products giant Johnson & Johnson suffered another big legal defeat late Thursday, when a St. Louis jury ordered the company and its talc supplier to pay about $70 million in damages to a woman who blamed her ovarian cancer on the use of talc powders for feminine hygiene.

TSCA reform: A milestone to protect our health from dangerous chemicals

Gina McCarthy

November 8, 2016

President Obama signed a bipartisan bill to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the first major update to an environmental statute in 20 years. That’s great news for the environment and for the health of all Americans.

Farmworker advocates demand highly toxic pesticide be suspended

November 7, 2016

The United Farm Workers, labor and community health groups from Florida to California are urging the EPA to immediately suspend hundreds of uses of chlorpyrifos, an acutely toxic pesticide that harms workers and their family members.

Toxic chemicals threaten beauty care workforce with adverse health effects

November 7, 2016

A new study from Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE) on the health impacts of exposure to salon chemicals on the (mostly) women who work in personal care salons is the first of its kind. The study, Beauty and Its Beast: Unlocking the Impact of Toxic Chemicals on Salon Workers, indicates long-term exposure to products routinely used in salons leads to an array of negative health conditions frequently suffered by beauticians and other salon workers.

ISHN 50th anniversary: Burning Questions - questions of the moment

November 7, 2016

These are the questions of the moment from safety leaders...

NTSB delves into American Airlines jetliner engine failure at O’Hare

November 6, 2016

As part of its ongoing investigation of an Oct. 28, 2016, uncontained engine failure on American Airlines flight 383, the National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update Friday.

Weekly news round-up

November 5, 2016

Diacetyl exposure limits are recommended, retaliation against a safety whistleblower gets resolved and grisly workplace death were among the occupational safety and health and environment stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Neb. feed company exposes workers to grain handling, electrical hazards

Nutrition Services cited for more than two dozen violations

November 4, 2016

Responding to a report of unsafe working conditions, federal investigators found employees at a Nebraska animal feed company exposed to the risk of grain dust explosion, electrical shock and confined space hazards, and multiple other violations of grain handling safety standards.