Archive for June 2021
Lead Paint in Housing: Key Considerations for Adopting Stricter Lead Evaluation Methods in Hud’s Voucher Program
Government Accountability Office (GAO) National GAO found that the Housing Choice Voucher program had 1.1 million voucher holders living in units built before 1978, the year the U.S. banned lead paint in housing. Of these units, roughly 171,000 were occupied by approximately 229,000 young children (under age 6)––putting these children at an increased risk of…
Read MoreNew Details in Blaze That Potentially Exposed Over 100 Firefighters to Asbestos
KXAN by David Barer and Avery Travis Austin, TX Firefighters raced to the scene of a north Austin city-owned warehouse fire on the afternoon of May 6, arriving within five minutes of the first call. But it wasn’t until a third alarm unit arrived a little over an hour later that crews were told the smoke…
Read MoreEPA to Reexamine Health Standards to Harmful Soot That Previous Administration Left Unchanged
EPA Washington, DC EPA announced that it will reconsider the previous administration’s decision to retain the particulate matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which were last strengthened in 2012. EPA is reconsidering the December 2020 decision because available scientific evidence and technical information indicate that the current standards may not be adequate to protect public…
Read MoreJune is National Safety Month
NSC National .. The National Safety Council is celebrating the 25th anniversary of National Safety Month, an annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. With the U.S. seeing the highest number of workplace deaths since 2007 – 5,333 fatal workplace injuries in 2019 – this observance is more important than ever.…
Read MoreLead Paint in Housing: Key Considerations for Adopting Stricter Lead Evaluation Methods in Hud’s Voucher Program
Government Accountability Office (GAO) National GAO found that the Housing Choice Voucher program had 1.1 million voucher holders living in units built before 1978, the year the U.S. banned lead paint in housing. Of these units, roughly 171,000 were occupied by approximately 229,000 young children (under age 6)––putting these children at an increased risk of…
Read MoreEPA Agrees to Collect and Disclose Data On Products Containing Asbestos
Asbestos.com by Tim Povtak Washington, DC Under pressure from a multistate coalition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to tighten its data collection process for asbestos, moving the country another step closer to banning the toxic substance. The agreement comes six months after a U.S. District Court judge in California ruled the EPA must improve its ineffective…
Read MoreConsultations On Risk Management Rulemaking for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos and PV29
Washington, DC EPA invites environmental justice communities and stakeholders to participate in environmental justice consultations regarding the development of risk management actions under section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for Asbestos, Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos and PV29. The environmental justice consultation period will extend from today through August 13, 2021. The agency will…
Read MoreOn Top of Mold and Poor Disinfection Issues, Employees at Plant That Ruined Millions of J&J Covid Vaccine Failed to Shower, Change Clothes
NBC by Berkeley Lovelace, Jr. Baltimore, MD Some employees at the Emergent BioSolutions plant in Baltimore failed to shower or change clothes, which is required when working in the factory and it likely played a role in ruining millions of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 doses, according to a memo released Wednesday by a key House committee. Inspections of the Bayview…
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