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INTRODUCING HEALTH PRODUCT DECLARATIONS
NEW TOOL FACILITATES INFORMED CHOICES IN BUILDING DESIGN
More detailed and comprehensive than Safety Data Sheets, Health Product Declarations help architects and building design teams make informed choices and avoid inherent chemical hazards.
BY CATHERINE BOBENHAUSEN, JOEL ANN TODD, AND WENDY VITTORI
PROGRESS IN MINING
NEW CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES HOLD PROMISE FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH AND SAFETY
Other industries may have moved past the dynamics of traditional hazards, but the mining industry continues to deal with these issues while simultaneously addressing novel emerging hazards.
BY TOM HETHMON AND RUSTIN REED
NOISE LIMITS FOR WARFIGHTING
RECENTLY REVISED STANDARD ADDRESSES NOISE FROM MILITARY OPERATIONS The April 2015 revision of the military standard on noise limits specifies the maximum permissible noise levels produced by military systems and the test requirements for measuring these levels.
BY BRUCE E. AMREIN
POLE TO POLE: INDIA
AN INTERVIEW WITH MAHARSHI MEHTA The Synergist
's newest digital-only feature reports on the state of industrial hygiene and safety in India.
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CATHERINE BOBENHAUSEN, FEATURE AUTHOR
Catherine Bobenhausen, Authorized GreenScreen Practitioner, is senior industrial hygienist with Vidaris, Inc. and a Health Product Declaration Collaborative Technical Committee member.
RUSTIN REED, FEATURE AUTHORRustin Reed, MPH, is a doctoral student and industrial hygienist at the University of Arizona and the vice chair of the AIHA Mining Working Group.
BRUCE E. AMREIN, FEATURE AUTHOR
Bruce E. Amrein, CTS, chaired the Department of Defense MIL-STD-1474 Working Group from 2011 to 2015.
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