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Canada's Steps for Life: Walking for families of workplace tragedy

The Steps for Life Walk to honor and support Victims of Workplace Tragedy is scheduled to be held Sunday, May 2, 2010 across Canada. PNS-AIHA members Stephanie Carter and Mary Ellen Flanagan will be walking in the Steps for Life event in Victoria, BC.

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Robot Occupational Safety and Health

The future of OHS has arrived. Robonaut 2 or "R2" for short, a joint project between NASA and GM is set to start clocking hours in September on the International Space Station.

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Global Occupational Health and Safety - Japan

Occupational Health and Safety is just as important in other countries. This month we are showcasing Japan's efforts to keep their working environment safe.

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Industrial Hazards, Hollywood Style

In Tim Burton's new Alice in Wonderland, Johnny Depp plays the mad, mad hatter indeed. It is well known that chronic occupational exposure to mercury caused many a hatter to exhibit slurred speech, tremors, irritability, shyness, depression, and other neurological symptoms.

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Sustainability Efforts at NWCOHS

At NWCOHS, we're doing our best to reduce our impact on human health and the environment through our education and training programs, through our operations, and through our efforts in the community.

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Global OHS: 25th Anniversary of Bhopal Disaster

December 3, 2009 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Bhopal disaster in which a Union Carbide plant in India released a large amount of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people making it one of the largest and deadliest industrial accidents in history.

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