In new interim guidance, the agency is encouraging employees to be involved during Risk Management Program inspections.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is the keynote speaker of the July 7-8 event in Baltimore.
University of North Carolina, North Carolina State and the SAS Institute will use human health and biosphere data to detect bioterrorism threats before traditional disease surveillance systems do.
Water utilities would have to take action when monitoring results indicate that contamination or a pathway to contamination is present.
Baron & Budd attorney says Gulf of Mexico cleanup workers should be monitored or warned about the health hazards.
The new ANSI standard (J100) for managing risk and resilience is expected to strengthen decision making at water facilities.
Creating or updating your disaster recovery plan is a good start.
Inspectors found open, unlabeled and leaking hazardous waste containers, among other things, at the Kimball, Neb., facility.
Justice department orders the company to pay an $80,000 fine, nearly $180,000 in penalties and serve more than 3 years of probation for trying to dispose of paint waste and spent solvents in a large pile of sawdust.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds helped to speed DOE's project to remove about 2,300 cubic feet of radioactive waste from California.
A jury found two brothers guilty of fraud, violating the Clean Air Act, and illegally dumping asbestos in Poland, N.Y. Their father pleaded guilty before the trial.
Agency is in discussions with Makhteshim Agan of North America, the insecticide's manufacturer.
More than 20 citizens who live near the Tar Creek Superfund Site in Northeast Oklahoma have received training that will allow them to work to help clean up the site.
Now everyone will know that offshore drilling is the No. 2 cause of oil spills, says John Morrissey.
One-hour standard and monitoring should provide greater protection to people living near sulfur dioxide dischargers.
The assessment will help determine the level of risk formaldehyde poses to Americans' health.
The researchers observed a dose-response association between increasing urine BPA level and declining male sexual function of 427 factory workers in China.
The research team used air pollution data and personal health data from 1,775 women and found that exposures to NOx and PM were associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality says it will continue to monitor air quality in the area so that longer term data will be available to make even more informed conclusions.