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OSHA unveiled its Top 10 list of most cited violations for fiscal year 2014 at the NSC Congress and Expo in mid-September on the exposition show floor. The announcement was made by Patrick Kapust, deputy director of OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement Programs. Once again, the fall...

In order to distinguish between the use in illumination and the use in display lighting, Exemption 39 would be split into two exemptions. The use of cadmium in downshifting cadmium based semiconductor nanocrystal quantum dots for use in display lighting applications should...

The UN Global Compact expelled 372 companies in the second half of 2014 for failure to communicate sustainability progress for at least two consecutive years, bringing the total number of expelled companies in 2014 to 657. However, the number of companies committing to...

Two people have died and four others were injured after a nitrogen leak at a plant operated by LG Display Co. in South Korea. Of the four staff and contractors who were injured by the leak, one was in a critical condition. One of the workers died at the scene of the accident...

On 12 December 2014, the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Regulation 2014, has been made and published. The Regulation together with the Work Health and Safety (Mines) Act 2013 will commence on 1 February 2015. The new laws will repeal and replace the Coal Mine Health and Safety...

Pursuant to Article 6(1) of RoHS 2, the first review of Annex II was due July 2014. The Commission published an open call and launched a preparatory study in November 2012. The consultants (Environmental Agency Vienna, UBA) developed a methodology for the identification,...