November 2009 - The Pump Handle - The Network of Care

BPA and Male Sexual Problems

There are plenty of studies about the effects of bisphenol A on animals, but it’s always challenging to study the effects of a ubiquitous chemical in humans. Findings from a new epidemiologic study helps fill in some of the gaps in understanding...

Published Mon, Nov 16 2009 12:39 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

Worker death in my hometown, Arlington County Virginia

Early in the morning on Thanksgiving eve, just a few miles from my house in Arlington County, Virginia, Mr. James Bea, 59, was killed on the job. Mr. Bea and his county-employee co-worker were working at the site of a water main break. They were removing...

Published Fri, Nov 27 2009 9:09 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Regulation, Safety

New Agency Leaders Have Big Plans, Lots of Work Ahead of Them

It’s a tradition for APHA’s Occupational Health & Safety section to invite top officials from OSHA, MSHA, and NIOSH to a “Talking Heads” session at each APHA annual meeting. The session “The Future of Occupational Safety and Health in the Obama Administration...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 9:09 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH

DOL IG releases more info on Martin County coal waste impoundment, redactions continue

reported by Mine Safety and Health News: Martin County: New Information Released, But Information on Mine Seals Still Redacted A Labor Dept.’s Inspector General report on the whistle-blower complaints surrounding the 2000 Martin County Coal Co. impoundment...

Published Sun, Nov 22 2009 12:22 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Mining, Environmental Health, Legal, Conflict of Interest, FOIA

Peer review needed on NIOSH firefighter reports

Jay Lowry, the editor of FirefighterHourly.com is calling on NIOSH to obtain the input of front-line firefighers before publishing its investigation of firefighter deaths. In “NIOSH Firefighter Reports Need Overhaul”, Lowry writes: While the...

Published Sat, Nov 14 2009 1:21 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Safety

Ground Beef Recall Highlights Persistent Food-Safety Problems

New York-based Fairbank Farms is recalling more than 500,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Gardiner Harris reports in the New York Times that two people – one from New Hampshire and one from New York – have...

Published Tue, Nov 03 2009 8:07 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Food

Senate Committee Votes David Michaels’ Nomination out of Committee

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted out the nomination of David Michaels, PhD, MPH for the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. The voice vote crossed party lines, with Republican Senators...

Published Wed, Nov 18 2009 8:56 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety

World’s largest public health group calls for global asbestos ban

by Andrew Schneider, cross-posted from Cold Truth At last, the world’s oldest public health organization has joined the funeral dirge-paced parade to ban asbestos in the U.S. The 50,000-member American Public Health Association adopted a resolution at...

Published Thu, Nov 12 2009 11:24 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Regulation, Mining, Environmental Health, Environmental Protection Agency

Thanksgiving and swine flu

by revere, cross-posted from Effect Measure In the US we are about to embark on the Thanksgiving holiday, a 4 day period where families get together for a celebratory meal (at least celebratory unless you are one of the original inhabitants of the continent...

Published Wed, Nov 25 2009 7:16 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Influenza

Swine flu produces a good settlement for hospitals and workers

by revere, cross-posted from Effect Measure It’s being described as a “dramatic settlement” that will set a pattern for the nation. Let’s hope so, because the agreement reached yesterday by the California Nurses Association/National...

Published Wed, Nov 04 2009 7:38 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Influenza

Healthy People 2020 Open for Public Comment

The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People program, which for the past several decades has provided “science-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease,” has opened its 2020 iteration...

Published Mon, Nov 09 2009 7:04 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Health, Politics

Worker right-to-know in post-industrial America

By Myra Karstadt During World War II, the United States was the “Arsenal of Democracy,” and American manufacturing literally won the war. After World War II and through approximately 1970, Americans manufactured and exported more goods than any other...

Published Mon, Nov 23 2009 7:04 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety

“Coal’s Assault on Human Health”

The title of a new report from Physicians for Social Responsibility (via the Charleston Gazette’s Ken Ward) doesn’t pull any punches – it’s called Coal’s Assault on Human Health. While noting that coal mining presents risks to miners and local communities...

Published Tue, Nov 24 2009 11:53 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health, Global warming

Health and Safety in Healthcare

As is always the case at APHA, there are far too many fascinating presentations for one person to see – so I hope those of you who are also here in Philly will add comments about some of the sessions you’re attending and what you’re...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 11:40 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Healthcare

Port Wentworth Tragedy Profitable for PR Firm

Each year, the Public Relations Society of America gives a Silver Anvil Award, which “acknowledges the very highest level of achievement and is the established icon of the ‘best of the best’ public relations practices.” The latest Silver Anvil has just...

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 11:14 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Combustible Dust

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