Because Cal/OSHA significantly lowered the exposure thresholds that require an employer to comply with its lead regulations, more employers may fall within the ambit of the revised regulations.
Despite decades of scientific evidence linking ethylene oxide to cancer and other serious health effects, OSHA’s 40-year-old exposure limits continue to leave medical sterilization and manufacturing ...
The agency’s exposure limits were established in 1984 when no one knew the extent of the danger caused by EtO exposure ...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has fundamentally changed the compliance landscape ...
Although research spanning decades has linked EtO to life-altering illnesses, the Occupational Safety and Health ...
(AP) Tests done at Superstorm Sandy cleanup sites show that the level of contaminants does not exceed federal workplace exposure limits. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released ...
Cal/OSHA has issued updated guidance clarifying how construction employers must protect workers performing dry abrasive blasting under California’s recently amended lead standards. The revised ...