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ICWUC Center for Worker Health & Safety Training
http://www.hsed.icwuc.org/
"The ICWUC Center for Worker Health & Safety Education is a
multi-union safety training program that offers a wide range of
courses. Operated by the International Chemical Workers Union
Council, the Center was founded in 1987 in cooperation with the
United Steelworkers of America (USWA) through a grant from the
National Institute for Environmental Health Services (NIEHS).
The Center Consortium also included the University of Cincinnati and
the Greater Cincinnati Occupational Health Center..."
International Chemical Workers Union Council
http://www.icwuc.org/
"Founded in 1944, the International Chemical Workers Union is
still one of the youngest unions in the House of Labor in the United
States. ...The first national organizational drive for workers in
the chemical industry began in April, 1940, when the AFL assigned
one of its staff organizers, H. A. Bradley, the task of signing up
the nation's chemical industry workers, with its initial job being
to establish a workable Council of Chemical Worker Unions throughout
the country..."
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/intro.htm
"Human health and human disease result from three interactive
elements: environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age.
The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS) is to reduce the burden of human illness and
dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these
elements and how they interrelated. The NIEHS achieves its
mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs,
prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies
that encompass training, education, technology transfer, and
community outreach."
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://www.nih.gov/icd/
Occupational Safety and Health Information
(OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov/
"OSHA's mission is to assure the safety and health of
America's workers by setting and enforcing standards; providing
training, outreach, and education; establishing partnerships; and
encouraging continual improvement in workplace safety and health..."
The Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste
Worker Training
http://www.uc.edu/mwc/index.htm
"The Midwest Consortium for Hazardous Waste Worker Training
was among the first groups funded by the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to develop, present and
evaluate model worker training programs to help employers comply
with 29 CFR 1910.120..."
United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
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