The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched a team Wednesday to investigate the breach of a rail tank-car and subsequent release of 17,000 gallons of chlorine Saturday at a facility in New Martinsville, West Virginia.
The American Cancer Society has published a book intended to help newly diagnosed breast cancer patients quickly digest the crucial information needed to navigate through their experience.
A list of five mercury compounds that will be prohibited from export as of January 1, 2020 is the latest step taken by the EPA to implement the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which was signed into law in June.
An executive order implementing an emergency notification system for oil and gas-related emergencies was signed into law in August by Ohio Governor John Kasich.
The Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) – the group that advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to the occupational safety and health of federal employees – will meet on Sept. 8, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
An investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is en route to Cantonment, Florida, to look into an incident at the Airgas facility that killed one worker Sunday.
A report from public health experts found that people in Berkeley drank fewer sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) after the city passed an excise tax on them. They also drank more water. A lot more water.
It was around 4:30 in the afternoon on March 25, 1911. Several hundred workers, mostly young women, were nearing the end of their Saturday shift at a blouse or “shirtwaist” factory in New York City. No one is quite sure how, but a massive fire erupted and spread quickly.
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