The U.S.Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica for an additional 15 days to ...
Tags: Construction, Silica, Crystalline Silica
A selection of health policy stories from North Carolina, California, Michigan and Missouri. The New York Times: Public Hospitals Hope To Attract More Upscale Patients Under Affordable Care Act But to the Health and Hospitals ...
A couple of years ago, after reports surfaced about deaths that might be attributable to popular energy drinks, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) demanded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate the potentially dangerous ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Energy drinks
The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee reports an updated Code of Practice for the care and handling of pigs in Canada has been agreed to and is now ready for final editing and translation. The ...
Tags: Pig, Updated Pig Code of Practice
The U.S. government announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanned aircraft into American skies. Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas and Virginia will ...
Tags: test sites for drones, unmanned aircraft, US
USDA is expected to open a public comment period for Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Xtend Flex cotton technology beginning in February. Growers will have an opportunity to tell USDA what they think about the need for the dicamba-tolerant ...
Tags: agriculture, food
The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee says the update of Canada's Pig Code of Practice is on track for completion by mid-spring. The National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development ...
Tags: Pig Code, Mid-Spring Completion
The Sustainable Furnishings Council has updated its Exemplary Manufacturer Requirements for home furnishings manufacturers. The new requirements are available for review and public comment through the end of January. They include ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
A new rule to protect the nation's food supply from terrorism has been introduced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Friday. The proposed rule would require the largest food businesses in the United States and ...
Dow China recently received the 2013 China Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award. This award went to 47 companies that demonstrated responsible corporate citizenship best practices and high standards of corporate governance. The award ...
The American Thoracic Society, which has been based in New York City since 1905, is pleased with the city council vote yesterday prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes in indoor public areas where smoking regular cigarettes is also ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, Health, Medicine
Trucking companies no longer will be required to file quarterly financial reports to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,the agency announced in the Federal Register. Motor carriers that haul property or household goods now ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will propose revised rule language and open another comment period on?two of the proposed rules affecting farmers under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA plans to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the introduction of the Generalized System of Preferences Update for Production Diversification and Trade Enhancement (UPDATE) Act, legislation that would make U.S. imports of ...
API Director of Standards David Miller announced today the publication of a new oil and natural gas industry bulletin for well construction interface, the latest of several standards developed or strengthened as a result of post-Macondo ...
Tags: API, well construction, oil, natural gas, energy, industry standards, fuel