Because Cal/OSHA significantly lowered the exposure thresholds that require an employer to comply with its lead regulations, more employers may fall within the ambit of the revised regulations.

Despite decades of scientific evidence linking ethylene oxide to cancer and other serious health effects, OSHA’s 40-year-old exposure limits continue to leave medical sterilization and manufacturing ...

EVERY DAY IN THE BAY AREA and across California, workers step into sterilization facilities, unaware they may be inhaling something that could one day ...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has fundamentally changed the compliance landscape ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The levels of harmful contaminants at Superstorm Sandy cleanup sites in New York and New Jersey have so far not exceeded federal workplace exposure limits, officials said Wednesday ...

SUMMARY: OSHA is reviewing its overall approach to managing chemical exposures in the workplace and seeks stakeholder input about more effective and efficient approaches that addresses challenges ...

(AP) Tests done at Superstorm Sandy cleanup sites show that the level of contaminants does not exceed federal workplace exposure limits. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released ...