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Top Ten Things You Need to Know About… HEAT STRESS
1. Our bodies get stressed by heat and then are unable to cool down by sweating. EHSWire.com’s “Top 10 Tuesdays” Here at EHSWire.com, we have decided to launch our 2009 “Summer Series” of blog posts. This year we will be devoted to a series called we’re calling “Top Ten Tuesdays”. Every Tuesday throughout the Summer one of our EHS professionals will post his/her blog specifically targeted towards their particular area [...] Looking for Safety & Health Training Services? Let the buyer beware! Not all companies that offer EH&S training services (and therefore not all trainers) are created equal. There is a wide range of quality out there and shopping by price or not checking references and qualifications can result in a nasty surprise. Let’s [...] Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green Everybody’s jumping on the Green bandwagon and there is a lot of information out there about just how to do that – maybe too much information for the average busier than busy American. It reminds me of the Nilssen song from Midnight [...] Swine Flu Webinar: Planning, Prevention and Response EHSWire.com contributing writer Dale Wilson, CIH LEED AP, touched on the Swine Flu subject last week in his post – “The Swine Flu Panic: Were You Ready?: Pandemic Response Planning for Businesses”. In this post he spoke about many issues that were either left out, or pushed back in [...] By: John Quatermas – EHS Consultant Working as a Health & Safety Officer (HSO) at a hazardous waste site presents many challenges. It is our job to insure that workers on the site perform their activities in a manner that protects them and the public from injury or illness. Each hazardous waste site has [...] The Importance of Following OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 In their attempts to increase workplace efficiency, employers and employees alike sometimes forget about a few basic safety requirements. Most commonly overlooked is OSHA’s Hazardous Communication (HAZCOM) standard which requires employers to provide employees with information “concerning chemical hazards and the [...] Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Rules and Regulations It has been determined that if every home in America replaced just one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb, we would save enough energy in just one year to light 3 million homes; and enough to offset the greenhouse gas [...] |
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