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It’s all about taking care of one another - indoors and outdoors
NWCOHS Occupational Medicine resident, Dr. Ali Khan, shares his experience at the American Occupational Health Conference
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Brazilian Hair Blowouts & Formaldehyde
When Portland area salon workers contacted them complaining of eye irritation, nose bleeds and difficulty breathing after using Brazilian Blowout's solution, Dede Montgomery and her colleagues at OHSU investigated.
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UW DEOHS Professor to head National Farm Medicine’s new Dairy Workers Institute
Professor Mathew Keifer has been hired to head the National Farm Medicine Center's Wisconsin Dairy Workers Safety and Health Initiative.
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OSHA Turns 40
OSHA has had an enormous positive impact on the working community since the program began in 1971. Countless lives have been saved thanks to their efforts, but more needs be done. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels sent a letter to OSHA staff outlining strategies to protect worker health and safety in the years to come.
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ERC Trainee Life - Ergonomics Platform Research in the Central Valley
This week, as a graduate student I had an amazing opportunity to join some research staff in conducting an investigatory study on ergonomics in related agricultural occupations.
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ERC Trainee Life: A Trip to Friday Harbor
One of the things I love most about living in the Pacific Northwest is the unlimited number of day and weekend trips that I can take to areas throughout the region. Recently, I spent a weekend in Friday Harbor, WA, which is a small town (population 2,130) located on San Juan Island.
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Oil Spill in the Gulf
There have been many oil response workers and volunteers devoting their time to clean up the BP oil spill. Wildfires are not the only danger for response workers, they're also at risk to chemical exposure, biological hazards, physical danger and psychological impacts
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