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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 10:34 |
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France's nuclear watchdog has sounded a warning on the erosion of industrial and regulatory skills in the world's atomic energy industry after a near 20-year hiatus in building reactors, reports Peggy Hollinger in Paris.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:36 |
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 09:14 |
 Tough rules are being adopted by a growing number of companies dissatisfied with provincial laws that still allow drivers to use hands-free cellphones.
Employees driving a company vehicle from Steels Industrial Products, for example, can be fired if they are caught using any kind of cellphone or texting device -- period.
Steels president Jim Sidwell laid down the law to his 180 workers in British Columbia and Alberta a few weeks ago.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:18 |
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:09 |
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 Supporters of victims of the world's worst industrial disaster, which happened 25 years ago this week, are releasing new scientific studies claiming a continuing environmental disaster in the central Indian city, Bhopal.
Many people in Bhopal are still drinking water contaminated with dangerous chemicals. That is the conclusion of a just-released study of 15 communities surrounding the defunct Union Carbide pesticide factory.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 December 2009 08:13 |
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 12:51 |
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 Top Violations Are Up Almost 30 Percent Since Last Year
The U.S. Department of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has revealed the preliminary top 10 most-frequent workplace safety violations for 2009 as part of a presentation at the NSC’s annual Congress & Expo. The number of top 10 violations has increased almost 30 percent over the same time period in 2008.
“We appreciate our colleagues at OSHA presenting their new violation data to such a receptive audience,” said National Safety Council President and CEO Janet Froetscher. “The sheer number of violations gives us new resolve in raising awareness about the importance of having sounds safety procedures.”
The workplace violations are:
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 11:42 |
 Federal agencies investigating contaminated Chinese drywall have finally tied the tainted wallboard to corrosion of metals in affected homes, and went further Monday than ever before in potentially associating the material with the health problems residents have been complaining about -- some for a year or longer.
The results of a detailed 51-home study, performed by Needham, Mass.-based Environmental Health & Engineering on behalf of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, found a "strong association" between homes with problematic drywall and the corrosion -- with hydrogen sulfide identified as the specific chemical at the root of the problem.
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