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Three More ACGIH® Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications Monographs Now Available!
Three new monographs from the future ACGIH® Signature Publication Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications have been added to the ACGIH® Online Publications Store. Topics include: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring and Community Air Sampling; Indoor Air Quality; and Microscopic Analysis of Airborne Particles and Fibers. These three monographs join existing monographs on Sampling for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Agents during Emergency Response to Mass Destructive Attacks, Terrorism, and Chemical Disasters; Aerosol Sampler Calibration; and Nanoparticles and Ultrafine Aerosol Measurements. Click here to get your copy today!
Posted July 1, 2008
ACGIH® Announces Release of Two-Tier Under Study List
ACGIH® has released its 2008 two-tier Under Study list pursuant to changes made to its TLV®/BEI® Development Process in 2006. Tier 1 indicates which chemical substances or physical agents may move forward as an NIC in the upcoming year. Tier 2 indicates which chemical substances or physical agents will not move forward in the upcoming year. For more information or to view the lists, click here.
Posted June 26, 2008
Judge Rules In Favor of ACGIH® in IBSA/NMA Lawsuit
In a summary judgment ruling issued on May 6, 2008, a federal judge in the United States District Court in Macon, Georgia dismissed the last of four counts in a lawsuit against ACGIH® initiated by the International Brominated Solvents Association (IBSA), National Mining Association (NMA), and other plaintiffs. Three counts had been previously dismissed in March, 2005. The remaining count against ACGIH® for violations of Georgia's Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), O.C.G.A. §10-1-372, was dismissed by Judge Hugh Lawson in a ruling that represents a major victory for ACGIH® and, particularly, the occupational and environmental health community. To view the press release and court order, click here.
Posted May 12, 2008
2008 TLVs® and BEIs® Book, OEV Guide and Supplement Now Available!
The 2008 editions of the TLVs® and BEIs® book, Guide to Occupational Exposure Values, and 2008 Supplement are now available. Order your copy today!
Posted May 8, 2008
First Three ACGIH® Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications Monographs Now Available!
Three monographs from the future ACGIH® Signature Publication Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications have been added to the ACGIH® Online Publications Store. Topics include: Sampling for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Agents during Emergency Response to Mass Destructive Attacks, Terrorism, and Chemical Disasters; Aerosol Sampler Calibration; and Nanoparticles and Ultrafine Aerosol Measurements. Click here to get your copy today!
Posted February 28, 2008
Modern Industrial Hygiene, Volume 1 Recognition and Evaluation of Chemical Agents, 2nd Edition Now Available!
The second edition of Modern Industrial Hygiene, Volume 1 Recognition and Evaluation of Chemical Agents is now available. Order your copy today!
Posted February 22, 2008
ACGIH® Control Banding: Issues and Opportunities White Paper Now Available!
Control Banding: Issues and Opportunities a downloadable report of the ACGIH® Exposure/Control Banding Task Force is now available in the ACGIH® Online Publications Store. Click here to get your copy today!
Posted February 13, 2008
ACGIH® Board Ratifies 2008 TLVs® and BEIs®
The ACGIH® Board of Directors ratified the 2008 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®) on November 13 and December 6, 2007. The Board also approved recommendations for additions to the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC). For a listing of the substances that were acted upon, click here. The complete Annual Reports are online at the ACGIH® Online Publications Store.
Posted January 31, 2008
ACGIH® Announces Change to the TLV®/BEI® Development Process
ACGIH® has announced an important change to its TLV®/BEI® Development Process. The change applies to how comments are to be submitted during the NIC and NIE Comment Period. Click here to read details of the change.
Posted January 31, 2008
ACGIH® Webinar CD-ROMs
Information from ACGIH®'s extremely popular Webinars is now available for purchase in a CD-ROM format. These Webinars entitled, ACGIH® Heat Stress and Strain TLV®: Information for 2006, Biological Hazards in the Workplace: Defining Endotoxins, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): Controlling Exposure Using Biological Monitoring, Pandemic Influenza: Minimizing Risk and Preparing for the Possibilities, ACGIH® TLVs®: Practical Applications in the Workplace, Biomonitoring: Development and Practical Application of Guidance Values, Nanotechnology Health and Safety: Case Studies in the Occupational Setting and Control Banding: Uses and Misuses provide timely, topical information on subjects important to occupational and environmental health professionals. Tests are also available for those interested in earning continuing education credit.
Visit the Distance Learning category in the ACGIH® Publications Store at http://www.acgih.org/store to order these informative Webinar CDs and tests, or contact our Customer Service Representatives by phone (513-742-2020), fax (513-742-3355) or email (customerservice@acgih.org).
Updated January 31, 2008
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