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Air Contaminants

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Air Contaminants—General
Permissible Exposure Limits
Ventilation

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Bulletin: Get Your Copy of ERI's Employer Guide on Toxic Mold
July 2008
Mold and other indoor air quality concerns present ever-mounting problems to facility and safety managers. Toxic mold is responsible for various health issues, and repairing mold-damaged buildings costs . . . more »

Hazardous Chemicals: No Ifs, Ands, or Buts About It; Reduce Occupational Asthma with Environmentally Preferable Cleaners
July 2008
As many as 23 out of every 100 new cases of asthma may be caused by workplace exposures, and custodial workers are one of the highest risk groups. That's because they're exposed to cleaning compounds . . . more »

Trainer's Handbook: Formaldehyde Dangers
July 2008
Formaldehyde has popped up in the news a lot lately. First, high levels of the chemical were found in the trailers the Federal Emergency Management Agency provided to people left homeless by . . . more »

Online Exclusive: Indoor Air Quality: Mold Prevention Checklist
COCA Online Exclusive
Given that mold spores are everywhere and that they need very little to grow, how can you prevent mold from taking root in your workplace? . . . more »

Bulletin: COCA Online Exclusive: Mold prevention checklist
April 2008
Heavy mold contamination affects indoor air quality and can cause serious respiratory problems for some workers. . . . more »

Bulletin: Federal OSHA introduces new combustible dust safety page
April 2008
The hazards of combustible dust are extremely dangerous, yet workers may not even know that the hazards exist until it's too late. Various . . . more »

Health and Wellness: The Pregnant Employee and the Workplace; Safety Concerns for Women
April 2008
When pregnant worker Naomi Snyder showed up for her job at arts and crafts retailer Michael's in Modesto one day, a contractor was buffing . . . more »

Indoor Air Quality: Moisture, Mold, and Mycotoxins: All Wet or Real Threat?
April 2008
If you had a nickel for every species of mold in the world, you'd have a tidy little stash for your next rainy day--there are more than 100,000 species. . . . more »

Best Practices: When One Man's Home Is Another Man's Workplace, Part 3; Service Providers and Laborers
April 2008
Coast and Valley Carpet Care sent cousins Jose and Victor Cortez to a condo in the Ventura County city of Moorpark two years ago to clean the . . . more »

News Notes: Workplace Toxins Report Reveals Deficiencies In PELS
March 2008
The state Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, a Cal/EPA agency, has released a report--Identification of Chemicals of Concern, Possible Risk Assessment Methods, and Examples of Health Protective Occupational Air Concentrations . . . more »

DOWNLOAD: State Center Community College District Docket No. 05-R2D5-1688 through 1692
10/18/2007
Employer is a state community college. On October 18, 2004, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (the Division), through Associate Safety Engineer Roy Frye, conducted a complaint inspection at place of employment maintained by Employer at 1525 East Weldon Ave, Fresno, California (the site). On April 18, 2005, the Division cited Employer for the following alleged violation(s) of the occupational safety and health standards and orders found in Title 8, California Code of Regulations¹ . . . more »

News Notes: Study Recommends Tighter Control for Adult Lead Exposure
December 2007
Researchers with California's Department of Health Services, Occupational Health Branch (OHB) have contributed to a study on the health effects of low-dose occupational exposures to lead . . . more »

Bulletin: Diacetyl bill hanging until next year
November 2007
In the October issue of COCA, we discussed A.B. 514, a measure which would prohibit employers from manufacturing or packaging diacetyl or any products containing this chemical, which is the artificial flavoring for popcorn and may cause lung disease. The bill had reached . . . more »

Hazard Identification: Four Sneaky Hazards That Can Creep In Right Under Your Nose
COCA Online Exclusive
Some hazards announce themselves like royalty entering a party: "Her Majesty, the Forklift of Rollover Hazards, and His Highness, the Unguarded Machine!" Hazardous chemicals often arrive in the workplace with their own calling cards . . . more »

News Notes: UCLA Study Links Air Pollution to Clogged Arteries
September 2007
Worried about getting high cholesterol? You might want to stay away from air pollution. That's the message of a new University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) study linking diesel exhaust to atherosclerosis, or . . . more »

News Notes: California Popcorn Lung Cases Profiled
June 2007
An examination of bronchiolitis obliterans, or "popcorn lung," in California workers was published in a recent issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . . . more »

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