Industrial Hygienists Push PEL Updates, I2P2, Nanotech As Key OSHA Priorities

A key organization of industrial hygienists says its members want OSHA to make long-awaited updates to workplace permissible exposure limits (PELs) and advance injury and illness prevention programs (I2P2) as central priorities over the next two years. An American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) survey of members also shows backing for inter-agency action by the feds to address emerging worker safety issues in the nanotechnology field, and also names hazard communication, combustible dust, silica and noise exposures as important topics. AIHA says in a new paper summarizing the survey res