"When companies are planning major strategic activities, the consideration of environmental risk remains the exception rather than the rule," according to Karl Russek, senior VP for ACE Environmental Risk.
On only the second official day of the annual event, the society has announced it has broken records for both turnout and exhibition space sold.
An emeritus professional member and ASSE fellow, Lawrence E. Oldendorf has volunteered in the society’s programs for more than 40 years.
"We’re talking about more than just a paper program. It’s the kind of program that can reduce worker’s comp costs and illnesses and injuries, making the companies more productive and more competitive,” said OSHA chief Edwin G. Foulke today.
EPA is amending the F019 listing to facilitate the use of aluminum in automobiles, light trucks, and utility vehicles.
Correspondent Scott Pelley's segment on the problem of dust explosions will include interviews of former CSB Chair Carolyn Merritt and OSHA chief Edwin Foulke Jr. This CSB photo shows the damaged Imperial Sugar plant.
Evaluations have been tallied for more than 84 weekend professional development courses (PDC) offered at the 2008 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) in Minneapolis. Participants gave the following 10 courses the highest ratings overall.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has reached an agreement with 3M Co. on alleged clean-air violations at the company's Abrasive Systems Division at 10746 Innovation Road, Cottage Grove, Minn.
The department began studying Yucca Mountain in 1978 to determine whether it would be suitable for the nation's first long-term geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
About two years in the making, the study conducted by ORC Worldwide is a tool the nation's roughly 12,000 industrial hygienists can use to strengthen their organizations and their own contributions.