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IN THIS ISSUE...

DOES NOISE MAKE YOUR BLOOD BOIL?

NEW FDA ALLERGY LABELING

FYI: HAZWOPER HELPER

FYI: JANUARY IS RADON ACTION MONTH

SAFETY FAQ

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DOES NOISE MAKE YOUR BLOOD BOIL?

One of the basic rules of health management is that high blood pressure

signals danger. Controlling blood pressure is an important step toward

preventing heart disease. Medical research has shown that a long term

reduction of six millimeters in diastolic blood pressure can be

associated with a 35 to 40 percent reduction in strokes and a 20 to 25

percent drop in coronary disease.

If your blood pressure is high, you need to lower it, and that means

controlling whatever conditions can elevate blood pressure. Thanks to a

study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, the results

of which were recently published in the Archives of Environmental

Health, a new culprit can be added to the list of blood pressure elevators:

noise.

Records of workplace blood pressure readings, those taken during first aid

treatments or in company nurse’s offices, have been available to

researchers, but the University of Michigan study used mobile monitors that

were actually fitted to individual workers and worn throughout the

workday.

The study measured the effects of different types of noises at a Midwest

auto assembly plant. Noise readings were taken every minute, while

worker’s heart rate and blood pressure were recorded every ten minutes.

The results showed conclusively that peaks in noise levels affected

heart rate. An increase of ten decibels caused a two millimeter increase in

systolic blood pressure.

Add one more reason to protect your ears from loud noise. Those earplugs

may be safeguarding your heart as well as your hearing.

Click here for a selection of disposable hearing protectors.

If you need help selecting the right hearing protection, start with our

Hearing Protector Selection Guide.

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NEW FDA ALLERGY LABELING

Every year, roughly 30,000 Americans wind up in hospital emergency rooms

after unknowingly ingesting a substance to which they are allergic.

Of those, nearly 150 die as a result of their allergic reaction. Ninety

percent of all these incidents are caused by eight major food

allergens: milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts,

wheat and soybeans.

In an effort to protect the estimated two percent of adult Americans and

five percent of infants and young children who suffer from food

allergies, federal legislators passed the Food Allergen Labeling and

Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) of 2004.

Click here to find out more on the new labeling requirement of FALCPA.

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FYI: HAZWOPER HELPER

From the “Our Favorite Acronyms†file, here is news regarding OSHA’s

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard (29

CFR 1910.120). To help employers and workers determine whether a given

activity could be considered a HAZWOPER emergency response activity, or

is in fact such an activity, OSHA has created a new safety and health

guidance document.

HAZWOPER applies to those employers and workers whose work exposes them to

hazardous substances, or has the potential to, either during normal

operations or during response to an emergency. The new OSHA document

provides an overview of conditions that fall under the HAZWOPER standard,

along with flow charts to help workers determine how best to respond to an

incident.

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FYI: JANUARY IS RADON ACTION MONTH

The Saf-T-News investigative team is still trying to unravel the process by

which diseases, dangers and social ills are assigned their very

own month-of-the-year. Until we get to the bottom of it, know that the

Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National

Radon Action Month.

Radon is a radioactive gas produced from the natural decay of uranium in

rock, soil and water. It is odorless, tasteless, colorless and can be

found inside many homes. Because radon is so commonly present yet

undetectable without testing equipment, many people don’t take the problem

seriously enough.

Most of us know that lung cancer continues to kill Americans, despite

successful efforts to curb smoking, but far fewer of us know that up to

20,000 lung cancer deaths occur each year as a result of indoor exposure to

radon. Radon levels can vary drastically from one home to another

depending on type of construction, ventilation and location.

Click here for information on radon from the EPA.

Click here to read EZ Facts® document No. 302, Radon—Awareness,

Detection and Remediation.

Click here for more safety information on Radon.

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SAFETY FAQ

Q. What is a safety can?

A. OSHA defines a safety can as “. . . an approved container, of not more

than 5 gallons capacity, having a spring-closing lid and spout cover

and so designed that it will safely relieve internal pressure when

subjected to fire exposure†(1910.106(a)(29)). Click here for more

information on safety cans.

Click here for more flammable liquid safety FAQs.

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What is a “Fire Point�

A. Number lower than flash point

B. Number higher than flash point

C. Depends on the material being burned

D. Points in a building where fire can spread easily

The correct answer B. Number higher than flash point.

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What does “TLV-C†stand for?

A. Total Liquid Volatile Compound

B. Threshold Limit Value Ceiling

C. Threshold Limit Value Concentration

D. Total Liquid Volatile Chromatography

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