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Image: Skyhobo/iStockphoto Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency will develop risk management rulemaking for 1,3-butadiene after finding that the substance used to make car tires, adhesives and paints meets the agency’s criteria for “unreasonable risk” in certain work situations. In a final risk evaluation published Jan. 5, EPA says 1,3-butadiene – a
Photo: Ron Levine/iStockphoto Washington — Workers who operate underground mining machinery accounted for more than two-thirds of deaths associated with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis during a recent four-year period, according to the results of a NIOSH study. Also known as black lung, coal workers’ pneumoconiosis is a deadly condition caused by exposure
Photo: Chemical Safety Board Washington — Chemical Safety Board member Sylvia Johnson maintains that “robust regulation” can help prevent explosions involving combustible dust; however, OSHA hasn’t yet started rulemaking on a general industry standard. CSB resounded its call for such a standard in a new agency video exploring what caused a fatal
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