The Regulators Awake

Proposed Changes to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard

Paula Kaufmann, CIH

Both OSHA and the EPA seemed to have recently awoken from their regulatory slumber. OSHA has announced its first major rulemaking during the Obama administration with a proposed change to the agency’s Hazard Communication (HazCom) Standard.  The existing OSHA HazCom Standard provides workers [...]

Picking a Green Theme: Household Items

Businesses, Charities & Groups that Can Help You be Green
by Barbara Glynn Alves

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 [...]

Bright Ideas That Save Energy Also Have Rules

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Rules and Regulations
By: Dian Cucchisi – PhD – CHMM

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 [...]