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REGULATION AND LEGISLATION
OSHA Plans to Modify Beryllium Standards for Construction, Shipyards in 2018
SILICA 
Fact Sheets Address Silica Exposures from Construction Equipment
NANOTECHNOLOGY
WHO Recommends Assigning GHS Hazard Classes to Nanomaterials
STANDARDS
ISO Establishes System for Classifying Mine Accidents
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
NIOSH Describes How to Initiate Rulemaking Activity Related to RPDs 
CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL HAZARDS
GAO: Better Collaboration Among Agencies Needed to Protect Poultry Workers from Chemical Exposures

SAFETY
CSB Case Study Examines 2016 Chemical Release at Processing Plant
PESTICIDES 
IARC: Agricultural Insecticide Lindane Is Carcinogenic to Humans
MINING
MSHA: Colder Weather Increases Hazards at Coal Mines
WORK SITE HAZARDS
Canadian Agency Publishes White Paper on Cannabis, Impairment in the Workplace
STANDARDS  
EPA to Reconsider Certain Requirements of Worker Protection Standard
CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL HAZARDS 
Cal/OSHA to Employers: Protect Workers from Hazards of Wildfire Smoke