EMPLOYERS are under continuous pressure to improve quality, increase productivity, provide a safe work environment, and control costs. The key to determining the level of effort needed to comply with ...

The following summarizes key provisions of the Hexavalent Chromium (CrVI) standards potentially affecting the selection and use of respiratory protection for CrVI exposures in the workplace. Where ...

OSHA's proposed rule on hexavalent chromium promises a sharp drop in exposure limits. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) ...

Background: Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] is a human carcinogen after inhalation exposure. Humans also ingest Cr(VI) from contaminated drinking water and soil; however, limited data exist on the oral ...

The following information is from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration:OverviewHexavalent chromium is one of the valence states (+6) of the element chromium. It is usually produced by an ...

The exposure-response for hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI))-induced lung cancer among workers of the Painesville Ohio chromate production facility has been used internationally for quantitative risk ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Workers at the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi are trying to get leadership there to recognize that their illnesses may be related to workplace exposure to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, January 5, 2009) According to a new study published December 2008 in the online edition of Environmental Health Perspectives, hexavalent chromium (or chromium VI) found in the wood ...

In 2013 the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) proposed threshold limit values for exposure concentration of hexavalent chromium, CR(VI), at workplaces in Europe which serve as a (non-legally binding). 1 ...

The Pentagon's inspector general is investigating whether the Army mishandled troops exposed to a cancer-causing chemical in Iraq in 2003. The review comes after seven Senate Democrats charged that ...

New Mexico officials say a toxic chromium plume contamination is now exceeding state groundwater standards on Pueblo de San Ildefonso land.