ANSI/AIHA Z10-2005
American National Standard
Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
Orders are now being accepted for this newly developed OHSMS
voluntary consensus standard, which provides critical management
systems requirements and guidelines for improvement of occupational
health and safety. Experts from labor, government, professional
organizations and industry formulated this valuable standard after
extensive examination of current national and international
standards, guidelines and practices.

ANSI Z10 provides the blueprint for widespread benefits in health
and safety, as well as in productivity, financial performance,
quality, and other organizational and business objectives.

The seven sections include Management Leadership and Employee
Participation, Planning, Implementation and Operation, Evaluation
and Corrective Action, Management Review. Appendices address roles
and responsibilities, policy statements, assessment and
prioritization, audit information, and much more.

Orders are now being accepted for this publication. Expect your
shipment by early September. Call AIHA Customer Service at (703) 849-
8888 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST, or www.aiha.org/marketplace, a
secure ordering site.

66 pages / 8 ½ x 11 / Softcover / September 2005
Stock No. SMAA05-698
Member Price $50; Nonmember Price: $65
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Professional

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For your information ... Andrew Cutz, CIH

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Hal  Levin" <hal.levin@...>
Reply-To: iequality@yahoogroups.com
To: <iequality@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [iequality] Healthy Buildings 2006, Lisbon, Portugal, June 4-8,
2006
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:36:09 -0700

For those in the group interested in the Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference
to take place next June in Portugal, here is the formal announcement"

- Hal Levin


From: hb2006 [mailto:hb2006@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:26 AM
To: hb2006
Subject: Announcement of the Healthy Buildings 2006 Conference - 4 to 8 June
2006 in Lisboa, Portugal

Dear All,
It's my pleasure to announce that the conference Healthy Buildings 2006 will
be held in Lisboa, Portugal, on June 4-8, 2006.

This is an official conference of the International Society of Indoor Air
Quality and Climate (ISIAQ) and will be organized by Instituto de Engenharia
Mecânica - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (IDMEC-FEUP).

The scope of our conference is condensed as “healthier indoor environment
for people” and the aim is, at once, to convene a truly interdisciplinary
forum with an intense and significant participation of both health and
building communities

For more information please find enclosed the 'Second Announcement' leaflet
or visit our website (http://www.hb2006.org).

Important dates to remember:
Abstracts are due by                   31st October 2005
Acceptance to be informed by      1st December 2005
Full papers are due by                 31st January 2006

Conference                                4 to 8 June 2006

With my best regards

Eduardo de Oliveira Fernandes
(Professor)
HB2006 President

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Address: R. Dr. Roberto Frias s/n  4200-465 Porto PORTUGAL
Tel.: +351 225081763  *  Fax: +351 225082153
E-mail: hb2006@... * Website: www.hb2006.org

A new issue of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1 August 2005; Vol.
62, No. 8)
has been made available:

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Thursday, July 28, 2005


Dear Friends,

Cross-posted for your information and consideration ...

Andrew Cutz
____________________________________________________
Andrew Cutz, CIH
Moderator, AIHA International Affairs Subcommittee for Africa List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIHA_International_Affairs_Subcommittee_for_Africa\
/


FOR YOUR INFORMATION & UPDATE ...
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From :  David W. Stanton <davidws@...>
Reply-To :  occhyg@yahoogroups.com
Sent :  July 28, 2005 8:05:05 AM
To :  occhyg@yahoogroups.com
Subject :  [occhyg] Draft Programme for IOHA 2005

Please find attached the latest draft programme for IOHA 2005 dated 27 July
2005, now close to finalisation. The programme includes 22 Scientific
Sessions (SSs), 15 Keynotes and 14 Professional Development Courses (PDCs)
presented by experts from the top OHS organisations around the world (CCOHS,
HSE, NIWL and NIOSH) together with local experts.

SAIOH and MVS members if you have not yet registered, the Kwa Maritane and
Manyane Resort are now full and the Sundown Ranch Hotel 75% full. The
Bakubung will now start to fill.

Kind Regards

David. W. Stanton
For IOHA 2005
http://www.saioh.org/ioha2005/


Attachment :   Draft IOHA 2005 Sessions (27 JulY 2005).pdf (0.12 MB)

IAE 2006 - 16th World Congress on Ergonomics
July 10-14, 2006
Masstrichtthe Netherlands


The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) is the federation of
ergonomics and human factors societies from around the world.

The mission of the IEA is to elaborate and advance ergonomics science and
practice, and to improve the quality of life by expanding its scope of
application and contribution to society.

It is most encouraging to see the growing involvement and commitment of
Ergonomists in Industrially Developing Countries (IDCs). The IEA Triennial
Congress gives us a golden opportunity to get together to discuss our work
in IDCs, our research and application thereof, and our successes and
problems.

The number of papers presented in Korea was significantly greater than at
any previous IEA Congress
– lets keep the momentum going and have a good IDC turnout in Maastricht.
The theme in 2006 is
“Meeting Diversity in Ergonomics” – we in IDCs can sure show how we cope
with extreme diversity.

Pat Scott
Human Kinetics and Ergonomics Department
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa

Email:  p.a.scott@...

Details, plans and developments will be posted regularly through your
societies and the IDC section on the IEA website:  http://www.iea.cc



FOR YOUR INFORMATION & CONSIDERATION ...
----Original Message Follows----
From: p.a.scott@...
Reply-To: AIHA_International_Affairs_Subcommittee_for_Africa@yahoogroups.com
To: AIHA_International_Affairs_Subcommittee_for_Africa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [AIHA_International_Affairs_Subcommittee_for_Africa] ILO / FIOH
African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:03:07 +0200

Dear Andrew

You certainly seem to have got a ball rolling here...well done. It has
been great, and most encouraging to see the interest in IDCs. Would it
be possible to use this forum to promote the IDC sessions at the IEA
Triennial Congress 2006? I am attaching two flyers I have put together
and am sending out to interested parties to try to promote a big IDC
drive in Maastricht next year. Please will you all encourage all those
committed to improve working conditions for millions of manual
labourers around the globe to participate and make "others" aware of
our plight.

Cheers
Pat

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Colleagues
Some of you may have already picked up the news that at the grand age of 92, the
great epidemiologist Richard Doll has died (24th July).

Although most renowned for his work on the link between lung cancer and tobacco
smoking, his work included substantial elucidation of workplace exposures and
ill health. In the UK his efforts, with Richard Peto, helped to clarify the
risks from asbestos exposures.

Above all, he worked with and then took over from Bradford Hill in developing a
rigorous approach to epidemiology based on careful collection and analysis of
data. As occupational health continues to seek evidence-based strategies, we all
owe him a huge debt.

Lawrence Waterman
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Dear Friends,

Please circulate widely ...

Andrew Cutz, CIH
AIHA International Affairs Committee
http://www.aiha.org/Committees/html/iac.htm



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From: Claudio Colosio <claudio.colosio@...>
Cc: "Claudio Colosio Casa" <claudio.colosio@...>
Subject: The 16th International Congress on Rural Health-June 18-21, 2006.
Sent: July 25, 2005 11:09:20 AM
Dear Colleague,
please find attached the first announcement of the 16th International
Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health (Lodi, June 18-21 2006).

I am looking forward to seeing you in Lodi, and I am kindly inviting you to
participate with a poster or an oral presentation.

I also would like to ask you to circulate the announcement among your
mailing list/s, in order to  reach with this information all the potential
users of the event.

I thank you very much in advance.

With my best regards,

Dr. Claudio Colosio,

Congress President

****************************************
Claudio Colosio, MD, PhD
International Centre for Pesticides
and Health Risk Prevention
University Hospital Luigi Sacco
Via G.B. Grassi  74
20157 Milano
****************************************

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT (> 1MB) was uploaded at:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/globalocchyg-list/files/UPCOMING%20CONFEREN\
CES/
(ONE STRING)

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the globalocchyg-list
group.

   File        : /UPCOMING CONFERENCES/International Congress on Rural Health.pdf
   Uploaded by : acutz <andrewcutz@...>
   Description : The 16th International Congress on Rural Health-June 18-21, 2006
(Lodi, Italy)

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalocchyg-list/files/UPCOMING%20CONFERENCES/Int\
ernational%20Congress%20on%20Rural%20Health.pdf

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/files

Regards,

acutz <andrewcutz@...>

Powerful tools ... Andrew Cutz, CIH

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From: ntpmail@...
Reply-To: ntpmail@...
To: NTPmail@...
Subject: NTP UPDATE: NTP website now linked to NLM ChemIDPlus
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:22:22 -0400

In cooperation with the National Library of Medicine, the NTP has
incorporated links to chemical related information contained in the
databases in ChemIDPlus.  To view these options from the NTP homepage
(http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/) select “Testing Status of Agents at NTP”,
enter the chemical name or CAS number to get the testing status.  The
left side-bar now has options to view “Chemical Properties” and
“Toxicity Effects” that will take you to the new links.  [The NLM
ChemIDPlus Advanced website is found as
(http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/)].

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Saturday, July 23, 2005


Dear All,

There are still some AIHA courses available at no cost to international
activities.  To qualify, the requestor must be from outside the US, and must
be a university, or non-governmental organization, such as an IH
association, and not just an individual or private company.  The materials
must be shipped directly internationally.

Please contact Jennifer Kuan via e-mail (JKuan@...) no later than
September 01, 2005

All course materials are in English. These courses CANNOT be completed for
credit. Students will not be issued certificates of completion. These
courses are strictly for informational purposes. All courses will be sent
via US Mail, unless a Fed Ex or UPS shipping number is provided. AIHA cannot
be responsible for delays in shipping or the tracking of materials sent via
US Mail.

Regards,
Stephen Chiusano

Chair
AIHA International Affairs Committee
http://www.aiha.org/Committees/html/iac.htm

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT ...

South Korea's Dioxin Double Take
By James Card

CHANGWON, South Korea, July 19, 2005 (ENS) - The South Korean
government has promised to establish dioxin regulations by the end of
this year after studies are done to determine if dioxins are dangerous
to humans. Dioxins are a group of 75 chemically related chemicals
classified by the World Health Organization as damaging persistent
organic pollutants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers
them as human carcinogens, but in South Korea, dioxins are not
officially proven to be harmful.

>>READ MORE ...

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-19-02.asp

Dear Friends:

On behalf of 2nd. Asia Pacific Conference on Risk Management for
Preventive Medicine (2nd. APCRMPM) committee, we are deeply honoured
to announce our 2nd. APCRMPM in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
scheduled on October 1-3, 2005.

The coming conference would like to engage professionals, academics,
scholars, scientists, managers and representatives of workers that
are concerned about issues in risk management in preventive medicine
to deliberate and examine recent developments in preventive medicine
and occupational safety and health (OSH) especially in relation to
stress and mental health, asthma and related respiratory disorders,
solvent exposure and management, ergonomic designs in workplaces,
and OSH risks and management in Small and Medium Industries (SMIs).
Risk of chemical exposures and management, including pesticides and
chemicals commonly employed in industries in the Asia Pacific
region, will also be examined critically and we certainly expect a
lively discussion on these issues. The threat of emerging infections
in the Asia Pacific region such as the Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS), Nipah Virus, and the more recent outbreak of Avian
Flu has had major impacts on regional economies and securities and
therefore warrant serious deliberations in future prevention and
management. The conference also welcome papers that seek to provide
concepts, models, and strategies in dealing with other important
aspects of risk management in preventive medicine.  We certainly
hope that this conference will contribute towards a better
understanding of risks management in workplaces and the environment,
and that the concepts, models and strategies proposed and examined
will go a long way towards improving the lives of current and future
generations.

Please visit our website for detail information at
http://www.kck.usm.my/apcrmpm/

Best Regards.

Azwan Aziz
Public Relation Committee
2nd. APCRMPM,
Kota Bharu, Malaysia

AIHce 2006 & VENT 2006
Call for Presentations Web Site Open
http://www.aiha.org/abstract.html


Reaching New Heights
Sponsored by AIHA and ACGIH®
May 13-18, 2006
Chicago, IL

PLUS! VENT 2006: The 8th International Conference
Practical Applications of Ventilation for Emission and Exposure
Control
May 14-16, 2006

The AIHce 2006 Call for Presentations site is now open. Submit a
proposal in your area of expertise¯providing fresh ideas and
practical solutions to share with colleagues who are tackling 21st
century challenges.

Benefits of Presenting:
~Transform the profession with groundbreaking ideas
~Gain recognition for your expertise
~Share knowledge with your community
~Obtain approval to attend AIHce 2006
~Earn points towards your certifications

Set in Chicago, a world-class city, AIHce 2006 promises to be more
exciting than ever.  This year, there are several new features
including the co-location of two world-class conferences. Attendees
of AIHce 2006 and VENT 2006 will have access to both conferences
with one registration fee.

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity, submit your
presentation at http://www.aiha.org/abstract.html   . Choose from 4
formats and 2 conferences. Submissions must be received
electronically by 5:00 pm CDT, October 4, 2005

Please circulate .... Andrew Cutz, CIH

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Jeff Burton" <jeff@...>
To: "Vent2006 List" <jeff@...>
Subject: VEnt 2006 update
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:20:50 -0600

-- From D. Jeff Burton, PE, CIH
------> Check out VENT 2006! =   http://www.aiha.org/aihce06/vent2006.htm
http://www.eburton.com -- tel 801-298-8996 -- fax 801-298-9098

Hi, my good friends,

AIHA is now able to accept proposals for papers/presentations/roundtables.

Check out the website shown above and click on "Call for Presentations
and Roundtables."

or click on:

http://www.aiha.org/aihce06/vent-abstract.htm

Note that the call is for abstracts and/or proposals.

The deadline is October 4, 2005. (The deadline for PDC courses is August
15.)

We will ask all presenters to provide a full pdf version of their
presentation/paper sometime before May, 2006.

Please distribute this email to those with a need/want to know.

Thanks for your support of this critically important event!! -- jeff

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END   Forwarded by Andrew Cutz, CIH (Tuesday, July 19, 2005)

AIHce 2006 & VENT 2006
Call for Presentations Web Site Open
http://www.aiha.org/abstract.html


Reaching New Heights
Sponsored by AIHA and ACGIH®
May 18-23, 2006
Chicago, IL

PLUS! VENT 2006: The 8th International Conference
Practical Applications of Ventilation for Emission and Exposure
Control
May 14-16, 2006

The AIHce 2006 Call for Presentations site is now open. Submit a
proposal in your area of expertise¯providing fresh ideas and
practical solutions to share with colleagues who are tackling 21st
century challenges.

Benefits of Presenting:
~Transform the profession with groundbreaking ideas
~Gain recognition for your expertise
~Share knowledge with your community
~Obtain approval to attend AIHce 2006
~Earn points towards your certifications

Set in Chicago, a world-class city, AIHce 2006 promises to be more
exciting than ever.  This year, there are several new features
including the co-location of two world-class conferences. Attendees
of AIHce 2006 and VENT 2006 will have access to both conferences
with one registration fee.

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity, submit your
presentation at http://www.aiha.org/abstract.html   . Choose from 4
formats and 2 conferences. Submissions must be received
electronically by 5:00 pm CDT, October 4, 2005

Attention all industrial hygienists and safety and environmental
professionals with an IH background!  Register today for
Quantitative Industrial Hygiene, October 17-19, Columbus, Ohio at
the Drury Inn & Suites and receive 2.4 Continuing Education
Units/2.4 COCs and 3.0 IH Certification Maintenance Points.  For
complete QIH Course information, visit
http://www.aiha.org/MeetingsEducation/html/QIH.htm.

A past QIH Course attendee commented:  "This is a great hands-on
Industrial Hygiene course where you learn about all quantitative
aspects of the field."  L. Haines, Industrial Hygienist, Portland, ME

Course Prerequisites:
~ Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene or equivalent
~ Each attendee is asked to bring a scientific calculator

Why you should attend:
~ Learn more about exposure monitoring of airborne contaminants
~ Gain a greater understanding of common IH monitoring equations and
monitoring results
~ Experience hands-on exercises and problem solving sessions
~ Ask questions and receive answers from Course Director and
industry expert, Bill Adams, CIH, CSP, CPEA
~ Network with your colleagues

What you will learn:
~ Real world applications of exposure assessment strategies,
principles, and practices
~ Practical application of common calculations used in industrial
hygiene monitoring

Course Director:  Bill Adams, CIH, CSP, CPEA, has more than 25 years
of experience industrial hygiene and safety. He received his BS in
biology from Eastern Kentucky University.

Cost: AIHA Members $1,030; ASSE members $1,085; nonmembers $1,150.
Register by September17 and SAVE $50 on above fees!

Register today at www.aiha.org/MeetingsEducation/html/QIH.htm.

Aready taken QIH?  Announcing AIHA's Certified Safety Professional
Exam Preparation Workshop, November 7-9, Tampa, FL.


** If you've already registered, please forward to a friend or
colleague
who will benefit from this Quantitative Industrial Hygiene Course **

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
             Saturday, July 16, 2005


Nick Bruce
CrisisShield
+1 473 439 5602

Grenada@...
USA@...
UK@...
Canada@...


Dear Nick,

I do not believe that AIHA International Affairs Committee is in a position
to make financial donation to your plight but we are able to provide
information resources and technical advice though our network of volunteers
specialized in environmental, occupational and public health issues related
to various phases of reconstruction after natural disasters.

In response to the devastating floods in the Czech Republic (August 2002)
and tsunami in South East Asia (December 2004) we were able to collect a
number of of information resources on our 'ad hoc' mailing list Flood Relief
Aid List.  Visit http://www.aiha.org/Committees/html/iac-flood02.htm

We continue to provide these same information resources to flood stricken
regions in Western Canada (May/June 2005) and hurricane stricken regions in
the United States (July 2005), and we would appreciate your help to
establish working relationships with affected public health officials and
professionals in Grenada.

We look forward to hear from you and from them.

Andrew Cutz
____________________________________________
Andrew Cutz, CIH
AIHA International Affairs Committee
http://www.aiha.org/Committees/html/iac.htm  (Main)
http://www.aiha.org/Committees/html/iac-flood02.htm (Flood Relief Aid 2002)

Email:  andrewcutz@...


Copy to:

Maritza Tennasse, MD
PAHO, Washington, DC
Email:  <tennassm@...>



WITH REFERENCE TO ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GRENADA HIT BY SECOND HURRICANE IN TEN MONTHS

GRANDE ANSE, St George's, Grenada, July 14, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- After 49
years without hurricanes, Grenada was hit by two in ten months. Hurricane
Emily slammed into Grenada today, damaging crops, flooding streets and
ripping up homes still under repair from last year’s storms. The only
non-profit organisation building homes for the homeless is appealing for
help.

On 7th September, 2004 Grenada was absolutely devastated by Hurricane Ivan.
According to figures prepared by the International Monetary Fund and the
Grenadian Agency for Reconstruction and Development, the financial impact of
Hurricane Ivan was:

four times more devastating than the Tsunami was for the Maldives,
fifty-five times worse than for Sri Lanka, and had an incredible 125 times
more impact than the average natural disaster of the last thirty years.

In financial terms, the damage now stands at more than US$1 billion or more
than US$10,000 for every man, woman and child on Grenada. This equates to
250% of Grenada’s GDP.

With close to 100% of the population affected, the extent of the damage was
unimaginable. 90% of homes were severely damaged with one-third being
damaged beyond repair. Grenada is a small country of only 90,000 people.
10,000 families, or 30,000 men, women and children, remain homeless today.
Many more live in homes hurriedly pulled together from hurricane debris.
Hurricane Emily has swelled the ranks of the homeless as these temporary
shelters are blown away.

CrisisShield is the only non-profit organisation building homes for the
homeless. They have the ability to build new homes for fifteen families per
week, but like most other disaster areas around the world, they are in need
of donations. The sheer scale of the Tsunami drew massive support from
around the globe, but this sadly left many other deserving areas desperately
under-funded.

CrisisShield houses are built to withstand category four hurricanes. Taking
only three weeks to erect, they provide a safe solution to an urgent problem
quickly.

CrisisShield was born after Hurricane Ivan specifically to help the homeless
in Grenada, and is a group of three non-profit organisations formed in
Canada, the UK and US. Apart from Grenadians, some of whom are employed as
part of CrisisShield’s objectives to increase employment on the island, all
of their staff are volunteers. This means that 95% of all donations will go
directly into providing homes.

If you would like to support the people of Grenada please visit
CrisisShield’s website at http://www.CrisisShield.Org.

CONTACT:
Nick Bruce
CrisisShield
+1 473 439 5602 Grenada@... or USA@... or
UK@... or Canada@...

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Report on styrene is accessible at
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Andrew Cutz, CIH
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


FOR YOUR INFORMATION ...
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To: ntpmail@...
Subject: NTP UPDATE: Styrene Expert Panel Report
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:46:10 -0400

On June 1-3, 2005 the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human
Reproduction (CERHR) convened a 13-member expert panel to evaluate the
reproductive and developmental toxicity of styrene.  The expert panel
report can be found at http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/ and is available for
public comment until September 1, 2005.


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To All AIHce 2005 PDC/Symposium/CSP/Management Course participants:

The Certificates of Completion for all AIHce 2005 Professional
Development Courses (PDCs), Management Symposium, Certified Safety
Professional (CSP) Workshop, and Management Course participants were
mailed Friday, July 15, 2005.  After the post AIHce 2005 attendance
audit was completed, all registrants, monitors and auditors who
attended a session should receive a certificate of completion
stating their Certification Maintenance (CM), Continuing Education
Unit (CEU), and Continuance of Certification (COC) points earned.

All certificates were mailed to the address entered when the
participant registered for the AIHce 2005.  All certificates were
mail dropped in Ohio and should be in hand to most of North America
by the end of July.

Questions in regards to certificates can be address to Bruce Hermit,
Continuing Education Coordinator, at AIHA.

Regards,

Bruce S. Hermit, CMP
Continuing Education Coordinator
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
2700 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 250
Fairfax, VA  22031-4307

703.849.8888 Ext. 752
Fax 703.207.3561
Direct 703-846-0752

AIHA announces the Field Guide for the Determination of Biological
Contaminants in Environmental Samples, 2nd Edition, soon to arrive
and available for purchase.

Preorders are now being accepted for this newest edition of the
Field Guide.  Be among the first to receive this second edition of
AIHA's Field Guide, which incorporates the most recent findings and
research that reflect prevailing occupational health and safety and
industrial hygiene practices.  Its nine chapters provide the most
current solutions to problems facing professionals working with
biological contaminants.

The Field Guide for the Determination of Biological Contaminants in
Environmental Samples, 2nd Edition, is written to serve as a
classroom text and as a professional reference.

Attention Academics!  Desk copies available upon request.  Please
call AIHA Customer Service at (703) 849-8888 for details.

Publication details: 255 pages, softcover, 2005
Stock Number: IMOF05-678
Price:  AIHA members is $70; Nonmember is $85

Place your order today!
~~ Visit www.aiha.org/marketplace.htm, a secure ordering site
~~ Call AIHA Customer Service at (703) 849-8888, 9-5 EST
~~ E-mail AIHA Customer Service at infonet@...

American Industrial Hygiene Association Publications
Reliable References for Today's OEHS Professional


Sharon Hammon
American Industrial Hygiene Association
2700 Prosperity Avenue, Ste 250
Fairfax, VA   22031
703.846.0762

PCIH 2005-The Summit for New Opportunities~October 22-25,
2005~Denver, CO
PLUS! Exposure Assessment Decision Making, Making Decisions in the
Face of Uncertainty~October 20-21, 2005
Visit www.aiha.org/pcih.htm

Distance Learning Program Summer Sale
July 1 - September 15, 2005
Complete Summer Savings Sale information is available at:
www.aiha.org/DLSale.htm

Cool off with hot savings on AIHA's Distance Learning Program this
summer.
Take 15% off all Distance Learning DVD's, CD-ROMs, Webcourses,
Videos, and Self-Study courses when you order between July 1 and
September 15, 2005.

Choose from a variety of topics:
~ CIH Preparation, Exposure Assessment, Industrial Hygiene,
Laboratory QA/QC, Management, Communication, Noise and Risk via a
variety of flexible self-paced learning formats
~ DVDs, CD-ROMs, Webcourses, Videos and Self-Study Courses

Get the education you want, when and where you want it!
Don't wait to the last minute to maintain your certification. Take
advantage of AIHA's convenient and cost effective Distance Learning
Courses ~ and ~ get the CM points, COCs, and CEUs you need to
maintain your certification!

Sign up today! Download a registration form at:
www.aiha.org/DLSale.htm,
or contact AIHA Customer Service at (703) 849-8888 and ask
for "Summer Savings".

Sales and discounts cannot be combined with any other discounts,
sales, coupons, past purchases, or be applied to orders that have
already been placed.

** If you've already taken advantage of these savings, please
forward this to a friend who will benefit from these educational
courses. **

Smoggy Days in June 2005 Triple Over Last June

WASHINGTON, DC, July 13, 2005 (ENS) - The survey of public websites by the
nonprofit organization Clean Air Watch found monitored readings of smoggy
air in 38 states from California to Maine.

In their unofficial survey the Clean Air Watch volunteers found that in June
there were nearly triple the number of monitored violations of the national
health standard for smog compared to a year ago - 941 violations, compared
to 329 in June 2004.

“This is a gasping reminder that smog remains a widespread and persistent
public health problem,” said Frank O’Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch.
“We cannot afford to cut new breaks for polluters if we are going to meet
our public health standards.”

O’Donnell said the severity of the issue is underscored by recent studies
which showed that smog can kill. Three independent research reviews all
commissioned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and published
in the July issue of the journal "Epidemiology" linked daily levels of smog
to an increased risk of death.

In the summer of 2003, the EPA decided to fund three separate research teams
to investigate a controversial and unresolved question - whether the
epidemiological literature to date suggested a relationship between ozone
exposure and risk of premature death.

The EPA currently does not include this relationship in regulatory impact
analyses, and changing or confirming this approach could influence air
pollution policy in the United States and elsewhere, wrote the editors of
the journal.

All three studies report "a small but substantial association between ozone
levels and total mortality," they wrote.

Analyzing the three studies in the journal, Steven N. Goodman, who is with
the departments of Oncology, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, wrote, "The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has some nerve - in the sense of scientific courage. That is a
trait not often associated with government agencies, but the risk the EPA
took in commissioning the 3 analyses published in this issue of the journal
must be recognized and applauded."

"The implications of this exercise go far beyond the question of the ozone
mortality effect, the ostensible focus of these papers. In commissioning
this examination in triplicate, the agency was testing not just the
ozone-mortality hypothesis, but the methods of science itself - methods the
EPA and others have used to justify regulations in many areas," wrote
Goodman.

"If these methods had failed this test, there would have been broad
repercussions for the entire field of environmental risk assessment, not to
mention the field of evidence synthesis," he wrote.

The three groups used many different methods and assumptions. There were
differences in the studies selected, the estimates used, the numbers
abstracted, the models used, the conversion factors applied, the subgroups
investigated, and the alternatives explored, Goodman explains.

When results were compared, the bottom lines were consistent - within a
fraction of a percent. A 0.8 percent increase in immediate mortality per 10
parts per billion increase in average daily ozone over the year, with most
or all of this risk concentrated in the warmer months.

O’Donnell said the smog statistics serve as a warning that the EPA’s recent
Clean Air Interstate Rule, although a step in the right direction, will not
be good enough to meet public health standards everywhere.

“State authorities will need to keep the right to take action against
pollution blowing in from other states,” O’Donnell said.

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SOURCE:  Environment News Service  |  AmeriScan: July 13, 2005  |

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-13-09.asp#anchor6

Limit cell use: Health officer (The Toronto Star, Tuesday July 12, 2005)

"Our technology has passed our ability to understand what biological effects
are positive or negative," said Butler-Jones, who heads the new Public
Health Agency of Canada, often described as the Canadian equivalent to the
United States Surgeon General.   READ MORE

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_T\
ype1&c=Article&cid=1121119816464&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_\
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Additional References

Older cellphones linked to brain tumours: study
CBC News  |  Last Updated Wed, 11 Sep 2002
http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2002/09/11/Consumers/cellphonetumours_0209\
11.html

CBC INDEPTH: Cellphone Radiation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cellphones/

Cellphones don't cause cancer: Danish study
CBC News  |  Last Updated Tue, 06 Feb 2001
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2001/02/06/cell_cancer010206

Cell phones won't give you brain cancer - study
CBC News  |  Last Updated Wed, 20 Dec 2000
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2000/12/19/cellphone001219

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END   Forwarded by Andrew Cutz, CIH |  Moderator, NIR Group  |
          http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NIR_Group/  |  Tuesday, July 12, 2005

For (y)our information ... Andrew Cutz, CIH

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Date:    Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:04:22 -0700
From:    "Harold Hoffman, MD, FRCPC" <occmed@...>
Subject: Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Report from Australia

This is a new report from Australia regarding MCS dated July 5, 2005:

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/committees/lccdocuments/SD/public_documents/Tab
led%20Reports/22nd%20Report;%20Multiple%20Chemical%20Sensitivity.pdf

Harold E. Hoffman, MD, FRCPC, FACOEM
Occupational & Environmental Medicine
#402 College Plaza, 8215-112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada  T6G 2C8
Telephone (780) 439-9491
Fax (780) 439-9091
Email:  occmed@...
Website:  http://www.Harold-Hoffman.yourmd.com
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SOURCE:  Occ-Env-Med-L Digest - 8 Jul 2005 to 9 Jul 2005 (#2005-183)

Saturday, July 9, 2005
Toronto, Ontario, Canada



Dear Friends,

The strength of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and our
like-minded sister associations around the world comes from its members who
tirelessly volunteer to various committees and perform endless tasks.

I challenge each one of you to help us find environmental health and safety,
and public health professionals including those "who may make difference" to
help us promote AIHA International Affairs Committee supported initiatives
for Africa.  So far we have 18 members on our 'ad hoc' mailing list but we
need more subscribers to reach a 'critical mass'.

Please ask anybody interested in helping cross Africa to join the
"AIHA International Affairs Subcommittee for Africa List" at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIHA_International_Affairs_Subcommittee_for_Africa\
/
site.

We know that we can count on you.

Respectfully,

Andrew Cutz
_________________________________________
Andrew Cutz, CIH
AIHA International Affairs Committee


Email:  andrewcutz@...


Copy to:

Brother Elias Okoro, Chair AIHA International Affairs Subcommittee for
Africa & Middle East,
and AIHA Appointed Ambassador to Nigeria



Reference URLs:

AIHA International Affairs Subcommittee for Africa List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AIHA_International_Affairs_Subcommittee_for_Africa\
/

G8 LEADERS PLEDGE $25 BILLION A YEAR FOR AFRICA | An Environmental News
Service Article | http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-08-05.asp

Volunteer in Africa
http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/ AND
http://www.wecare4africa.com/index2.html

G8 LEADERS PLEDGE $25 BILLION A YEAR FOR AFRICA

AUCHTERARDER, Scotland, July 8, 2005 (ENS) - The G8 and African leaders have
come away from their meeting today at Gleneagles Hotel in Scotland with what
British Prime Minister Tony Blair called "a beginning not an end." The
commitments of the G8 and other donors will lead to an increase in official
development assistance to Africa of $25 billion a year by 2010.

>>Read Full Text http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-08-05.asp

Here are the attachments ... Andrew Cutz, CIH


PLEASE CIRCULATE!!!

Dear AIHA International Affairs Subcommittee Members for Asia /Pacific Rim,

Please note that MIHA (Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association) has set up
its own mailing group outside of the YahooGroup (see notes below).

Also find enclosed announcements (in PDF format) for:

1. MIHA First National IH Seminar

2. Comprehensive IH Review Course by Prof Park


Sincerely,

Andrew Cutz, CIH
AIHA International Affairs Committee
http://www.aiha.org/Committees/html/iac.htm

Copy to:

Keng Chengliew, CIH
MIHA, IT Committee
Email: it@...


FOR (Y)OUR INFORMATION & REFERENCE ... PLEASE CIRCULATE!!!
----Original Message Follows----
From: <chengliew@...>
Reply-To: <chengliew@...>
To: Andrew Cutz <andrewcutz@...>, mihagroup@...
CC: it@...
Subject: Re: MIHAGroup News Change of email to MIHAGroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 07:23:51 +0800

Hi Andrew,

To send messages to same group, please email to MIHAGroup@....
You will require to reply to auto-reply-confirmation note before your
email can be distributed to all the members in the
MIHAGroup@....

Could you help to diseminate attached brochures in your listing as below:.

1. MIHA First National IH Seminar

2. Comprehensive IH Review Course by Prof Park (Back by popular demand)

Thank you in advance...

Keng Cheng Liew, CIH
IT Committtee, MIHA

WITH REFERENCE TO ...
   ----Original Message Follows----
From: "Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association" <msiaiha@...>
Reply-To: MIHAGroup@yahoogroups.com
To: MIHAGroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: MIHAGroup News Change of email to MIHAGroup@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 12:24:02 -0000

Dear MIHAGroup members,

MIHA have created a new MIHAGroup@... to replace the
MIHAGroup@yahoogroups.com.

We have decided to move to new MIHAgroup@... to minimize spams,
infected virus and unwanted advertisments reaching our members.

This MIHAGroup@yahoogroups.com will eventually be deleted.

If you have any queries, please email it to miha@....

Therefore, if you wish to send messages to MIHAGroup members, please
email to : MIHAGroup@...

Keng Chengliew, CIH
IT Committee
Email: it@...

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SIX CHEMICALS IN SOFT PLASTIC TOYS BANNED ACROSS EUROPE

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 6, 2005 (ENS) - The European Parliament voted
Tuesday to impose a permanent ban on six chemicals used in plastic toys and
childcare articles to soften the plastics. Young children can ingest the
toxic chemicals when they suck or chew on the soft plastic items.

>>Read Full Text at
>>http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2005/2005-07-06-05.asp