April 2010 - The Pump Handle - The Network of Care

An Air Pollution Success Story – and Continued Threats

In today’s Washington Post, Anne-Marie O’Connor reports on the remarkable progress Mexico City has made in clearing its air. In 1992, the UN declared it to be the most polluted in the world – but today the city of nearly 20 million people doesn’t even...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 2:36 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

OSHA Colors Green Jobs Bland

By Kas OSHA’s Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs hosted an informational session for small businesses titled Green Jobs: Safety and Health Outlook for Workers and Small Employers on April 1st at the Department of Labor. The purpose of the session...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 9:40 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, OSHA

What is Asbestos and Why is it Bad for Our Health?

During National Asbestos Disease Awareness Week (April 1-7), we’ll be cross-posting a piece every day from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. By Richard Lemen, PhD, MSPH, Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS (Ret.) & Rear Admiral (Ret.); cross...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 9:34 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

Top Ten Reasons to Prevent Asbestos Exposure

During National Asbestos Disease Awareness Week (April 1-7), we’ll be cross-posting a piece every day from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. By Linda Reinstein, President/CEO, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO); cross-posted...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 5:27 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

Asbestos: Cover Up of a Century

During National Asbestos Disease Awareness Week (April 1-7), we’ll be cross-posting a piece every day from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. By Kenneth A. Cook, Co-founder and President, Environmental Working Group; cross-posted from Asbestos...

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 11:13 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

NIOSH scientists say political pressures inhibit them from ‘controversial’ research

The Pump Handle is pleased to provide the full text of an article, published in the Bureau of National Affairs’ “Occupational Safety & Health Reporter,” on SKAPP’s Scientists in Government project report.* by Stephen Lee A...

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 12:51 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Research, Politics, Science, Sequestered Science

Washington State OSHA deleted serious citations: prelude to disaster at Tesoro refinery that killed five?

by the spirit of Tony Mazzocchi The Washington Department of Labor and Industries, Division of Occupational Safety & Health (DOSH) inspected the Tesoro Anacortes refinery in 2008 and found major safety problems. In a settlement agreement, however...

Published Sat, Apr 03 2010 4:00 PM by The Pump Handle

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

Asbestos in Homes and Schools

During National Asbestos Disease Awareness Week (April 1-7), we’ll be cross-posting a piece every day from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. Today’s post includes two parts. ASBESTOS IN THE HOME By J. Brent Kynoch, Managing Director,...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2010 3:19 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

When an OSHA “national” emphasis program isn’t

I’ve been following the news coverage of the catastrophe at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington (here, here, here, here). Mr. Daniel Aldridge, 50, Mr. Darrin J Hoines, 43, Ms. Donna Van Dreumel, 36, Mr. Matt Bowen, and Ms. Kathryn Powell...

Published Sun, Apr 04 2010 10:21 AM by The Pump Handle

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

What About My Health?

During National Asbestos Disease Awareness Week (April 1-7), we’ll be cross-posting a piece every day from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. By Arthur L. Frank, PhD, MD; cross-posted from Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Rare diseases...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 11:34 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

114 Rescued from Chinese Mine

After being trapped in a flooded coal mine for more than a week, 114 of 153 workers have been rescued from the Wangjialing mine in China’s Shanxi province. The Los Angeles Times reports: The first rescue early Monday morning had seemed beyond hope...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 2:38 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Mining

CDC’s National Conversation Happening Now

One of our readers passed along a reminder that CDC and ATSDR’s first “National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures” web dialogue is going on right now. From April 5-7, online participants will discuss topics introduced...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 2:08 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Chemicals Policy

Public health community calls for global ban on asbestos

The painful and deadly toll that asbestos imposes on families across the globe is a public health problem of growing magnitude. In the U.S., individuals who are diagnosed today with asbestos-related disease may trace their exposure to the lethal mineral...

Published Mon, Apr 05 2010 4:02 PM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Occupational Health & Safety, Confined Space @ TPH, Regulation, Mining, Environmental Health, Manufacturing Uncertainty, OSHA, Cancer

West Virginia Mine Explosion Kills 25

Hours after 114 Chinese mine workers were rescued from the flooded Wangjialing mine, 25 coal miners were killed by an explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Four workers remain unaccounted for, and resuce...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 7:12 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Mining

Asbestos in Toys and Tools – and Across the Americas

During National Asbestos Disease Awareness Week (April 1-7), we’ll be cross-posting a piece every day from the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. Today’s post has two parts. Asbestos in Toys and Tools By Paul Zygielbaum, ADAO Product Testing...

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 6:40 AM by The Pump Handle

Filed under: Environmental Health

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An Air Pollution Success Story – and Continued Threats

OSHA Colors Green Jobs Bland

What is Asbestos and Why is it Bad for Our Health?

Top Ten Reasons to Prevent Asbestos Exposure

Asbestos: Cover Up of a Century

NIOSH scientists say political pressures inhibit them from ‘controversial’ research

Washington State OSHA deleted serious citations: prelude to disaster at Tesoro refinery that killed five?

Asbestos in Homes and Schools

When an OSHA “national” emphasis program isn’t

What About My Health?

114 Rescued from Chinese Mine

CDC’s National Conversation Happening Now

Public health community calls for global ban on asbestos

West Virginia Mine Explosion Kills 25

Asbestos in Toys and Tools – and Across the Americas