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Global Reporting Initiative and UN Global Compact to Renew Sustainability Reporting Push

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Source:  Summary of article by Jocelyn Timperley, Business Green, May 24, 2016

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the UN Global Compact corporate sustainability initiative have renewed a collaboration to support private sector efforts to meet the UN’s high profile Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The 3-year agreement under the Memorandum of Understanding announced at …

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From Principles to Practice with Mark Katchen

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Our very own Mark Katchen worked with Rob Agnew and Anant Bhan to create a framework for international industrial hygiene ethics, released last week on The Synergist.

An 8-step decision-making framework is provided to the ethical considerations surrounding a methylene chloride example that begins the article. As with many dilemmas in industrial hygiene, this example …

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Key Provisions of the Amended Toxic Substance Control Act

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Source: epa.gov, June 23, 2016

The following provides a brief overview of the key provisions in the amended TSCA, including: existing chemicals; new chemicals; confidential business information; source of sustained funding; federal-state partnership; and mercury export and disposal.

Existing Chemicals

  • Chemical Assessments
    • Prioritization.  EPA must establish a risk-based process to determine which chemicals it will
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Better Water System Maintenance Needed to Prevent Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreaks

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CDC, 7 June 2016

More effective water management might have prevented most of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks CDC investigated from 2000 through 2014, according to today’s CDC Vital Signs report.  Problems identified in these building-associated outbreaks included inadequate disinfectant levels, human error, and equipment breakdowns that led to growth of Legionella bacteria in water …

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NIOSH Develops Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Information Database

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Source:  cdc.gov

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has developed a PPE-Info Database  that serves as a compendium of Federal regulations and consensus standards.  The purpose of the database is to provide standards developers, manufacturers, purchasers, and end users of PPE with a comprehensive tool which allows general or advanced criteria searches …

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