bill that would require contracts
awarded from stimulus funding to include the hiring of a qualified occupational health and safety professional.
As of March 2010, HR 2847 was being
processed by a conference committee of
senators and representatives to work out
differences in the versions of the bill
each chamber approved. To read AIHA’s
letter to Sen. Durbin, visit www.aiha.org/
news-pubs/govtaffairs/Pages/
FederalActivityfromCongress.aspx.
JournalofOccupational
andEnvironmentalHygiene
AIHA® Weighs In as OSHA Listens
On March 4, AIHA attended the “OSHA
Listens” public forum where OSHA discussed pertinent issues facing the
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April JOEH Available Online
April’s JOEH is now available and
features the following articles:
Seven Challenges for the Future of
Occupational Safety and Health
By John Howard
Diacetyl Exposures at Four Microwave
Popcorn Plants
By Kenneth L. White, Kurt Heikkila,
Rod Williams, Linda Levin, James E.
Lockey, and Carol Rice
Field Evaluation of a Modified Intervention
for Overhead Drilling
By David Rempel, Demetra Star,
Alan Barr, Marco Mendoza Blanco,
and Ira Janowitz
Experimental Evaluation of Oil Mists
Using a Semivolatile Aerosol Dichotomous Sampler
By Seung Won Kim and Peter C.
Raynor
Stoffenmanager Exposure Model:
Company-Specific Exposure Assessments
Using a Bayesian Methodology
By Peter van de Ven, Wouter Fransman,
Jody Schinkel, Carina Rubingh,
Nicholas Warren, and Erik Tielemans
Nanoparticle Usage and Protection
Measures in the Manufacturing
Industry—A Representative Survey
By Kaspar Schmid, Brigitta Danuser,
and Michael Riediker
An Accurate Substitution Method for
Analyzing Censored Data
By Gary H. Ganser and Paul Hewett
Laboratory Evaluation to Reduce
Respirable Crystalline Silica Dust When
Cutting Concrete Roofing Tiles Using a
Masonry Saw
By Rebecca V. Carlo, John Sheehy, H.
Amy Feng, and William K. Sieber
Members can access the full texts of
JOEH articles via the AIHA website at
www.aiha.org. Abstracts are available
to everyone at http://oeh.informa
world.com.
