Policy

EPA, OSHA and NIOSH all have their sights set on regulations or policies directed at potential health hazards associated with composites manufacturing. OSHA, for example, recently released a proposed rule...

Acting under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA plans to conduct a risk assessment and establish appropriate risk management actions for styrene and more than 80 other work plan chemicals by September 2015,...

A proposed update to the NIOSH policy for identifying occupational carcinogens and recommending exposure limits will extend the use of outdated hazard assessment practices. As ACMA will argue in its comments...

OSHA’s proposed rule to control workplace exposure to respirable crystalline silica makes excessive demands on small companies. This was the message delivered to OSHA by the leadership of ACMA’s Government...

The scientific effort to describe the potential for styrene exposure to cause cancer in humans may be entering its last phase. Some scientists think it’s already over. Enough already The styrene...

Users of styrene and certain other chemicals will be targeted for special OSHA inspections under a local emphasis program in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. According to a November 12 OSHA release, the...