Interesting article about mercury in old medical equipment:
http://www.newmoa.org/prevention/mercury/projects/legacy/healthcare.cfm
Monday, December 7, 2009
Legacy Mercury Products
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Updates of general interest to environmental health & safety professionals at University of Wisconsin System campuses.
Some details about this site
This page is available to the general public, but is specifically developed for use by environmental health and safety professionals at University of Wisconsin System campuses.
It is used to post news, articles, and other notices of interest for campus EH&S issues. These entries are available by date or by keyword (see contents below).
Discussions and opinions on topics of interest should be posted on list serves created for that purpose (e.g. "system_ehs")
If your would like to post to this page, please contact Ralph North (rnorth AT uwsa DOT edu).
It is used to post news, articles, and other notices of interest for campus EH&S issues. These entries are available by date or by keyword (see contents below).
Discussions and opinions on topics of interest should be posted on list serves created for that purpose (e.g. "system_ehs")
If your would like to post to this page, please contact Ralph North (rnorth AT uwsa DOT edu).
Search This Blog
Contents, by keywords
- AED's (2)
- aerial lift platforms (1)
- air (3)
- air compressors (3)
- alternative energy (1)
- argricultural safety (1)
- AROW (1)
- art safety (2)
- asbestos (2)
- athletic fields and tracks (2)
- attainment (1)
- authorization (1)
- autoimmune (1)
- backpack blower (1)
- Basel Convention (1)
- batteries (1)
- battery (1)
- biodiesel (1)
- blindness (1)
- bloodborne (1)
- BP (1)
- building code (1)
- button batteries (1)
- CAA (1)
- cancer (1)
- carbon monoxide (2)
- carcinogen (1)
- Caulk (1)
- CDC health advisory (4)
- cell phone (2)
- CFATS (2)
- Charter St. (1)
- chemical safety (2)
- Clean Water Act (1)
- combustible (1)
- Comm 10 (2)
- comment period (2)
- compact fluorescent lamps (1)
- compliance (3)
- compost (1)
- confined space (1)
- consumer products (1)
- control banding (1)
- coral reefs (1)
- Criminal Investigation Division (1)
- data and statistics (4)
- Department of Labor (4)
- diesel (1)
- disposal (2)
- dnr (6)
- DOT (2)
- driver safety (1)
- electrical safety (5)
- electronic (1)
- emergency (1)
- emergency generator (1)
- emergency management (5)
- enforcement (3)
- EPA (44)
- EPCRA (3)
- ewaste (1)
- Explosion (1)
- export (1)
- eye damage (1)
- facemasks (3)
- facilities (2)
- fall protection (1)
- FDA (1)
- Federal Register (1)
- fire (8)
- fire and life safety (11)
- fire department (2)
- flammable (1)
- floods (1)
- fluorescent (1)
- Form A (1)
- Form R (1)
- formaldehyde (1)
- general duty clause (1)
- GHS (1)
- global warning (1)
- grant (1)
- Green Power (1)
- Green Power Partners (1)
- Greenhouse gas (2)
- guidance (5)
- H1N1 (1)
- hazardous (1)
- hazardous waste (4)
- Hazcomm (1)
- hazmat (2)
- health (2)
- hearing conservation (5)
- higher ed news (2)
- Homeland security (1)
- IAQ (1)
- import (1)
- incinerator (1)
- Influenza (2)
- insecticide (1)
- inspector (1)
- ionization (1)
- Japan (1)
- lab safety (3)
- laboratories (1)
- laboratory (1)
- Laboratory safety (2)
- large event security (1)
- laser (1)
- lasers (1)
- Lead (2)
- lead (Pb) (2)
- lead renovation (1)
- lithium (1)
- lithium battery (1)
- llrw (1)
- Medical Waste (2)
- mercury (4)
- Nanomaterials (6)
- nanoparticles (1)
- nanotechnology (2)
- Nanotechnology health safety (3)
- National Priorities List (1)
- natural disasters (1)
- NFPA 101 (1)
- NFPA 70E (1)
- NFPA 720 (1)
- NIH (1)
- NIOSH (7)
- nuclear regulatory commission (1)
- Oil Spill (2)
- online tools (1)
- OSHA (12)
- ozone (3)
- pandemic flu (2)
- particulate (1)
- PCB (1)
- Pesticide (1)
- pharmaceutical waste (2)
- photoelectric (1)
- PPE (6)
- product recall--facilities and grounds (8)
- product recall--housing (3)
- product recall--office (4)
- proposed rules (1)
- quick cards (2)
- radiation (2)
- radioactive waste (1)
- radioactivity (1)
- RBRC (1)
- reactives (1)
- Recent laws/rules/regulations (2)
- recycle (3)
- recycling (6)
- Region 5 (1)
- reporting (5)
- research (4)
- respirators (3)
- Reusing (1)
- Right-to-Know (1)
- safety and risk communication (3)
- safety awareness (3)
- safety culture (2)
- scotch tape (1)
- secondary materials (1)
- security (2)
- sharps (1)
- SHWEC (1)
- sludge (1)
- smoke alarm (1)
- smoke detector (1)
- solid waste (2)
- solid waste reduction (4)
- solvents (1)
- SPCC (3)
- spill (2)
- standards (industry and consensus) (2)
- Stericycle (1)
- storage (1)
- storage tank (1)
- stormwater (1)
- sunscreen (1)
- superfund (1)
- sustainability (2)
- Tc-99m (1)
- thermometers (1)
- ticks (1)
- tornadoes (1)
- toxic chemicals (3)
- training (9)
- TRI (4)
- TSCA (4)
- ultra-violet (1)
- universal waste (1)
- university (1)
- UST (1)
- utilities (1)
- UW-Oshkosh (1)
- vermiculite (1)
- violation (2)
- Water (3)
- weather (1)
- wisconsin (7)
- workplace toxins (1)
- WRR (1)
- x-ray (2)
- yard waste (1)
Posts
1 comment:
Ralph,
If an esophageal dilator experiences a release while under use, does it still get reported to the local environmental agency? (Yuck!)
Post a Comment