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Oral History Witness Seminar: Occupational Health in Scotland & the UK, c 1950-1975
An Oral History Witness Seminar will be held on Friday 26th October 2007, 12.30-4.30pm in Room A426, Health Building, Glasgow Caledonian University.The Centre for the Social History of Hea...
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REACH and Occupational Hygiene - BOHS Scottish Region meeting on 30th November at IOM, Edinburgh
IOM will host a BOHS Scottish Region meeting on Friday 30th November ( 4pm to 6pm) at our Edinburgh headquarters. The subject of the meeting, which is organised by BOHS's REACH Steering Group,...
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Wales HIA report out for public consultation
Dr. Salim Vohra, Director of IOM's Centre for Health Impact Assessment led the Health Impact Assessment of the 3 Regional Waste Plans in Wales (3 RWPR), which is currently out for public consu...
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New ICMM publication encourages more accurate health risk assessment for metals
ICMM's new publication - Health Risk Assessment Guidance for Metals (HERAG) has been released. HERAG is the result of a three-year collaborative effort between Eurofer, Eurometaux and EBRC Consult...
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Andrew Maynard joins SAFENANO as Guest Expert
IOM's SAFENANO initiative is pleased to announce the publication of its October Feature article 'Is Exposure to Engineered Nanomaterials a Myth?' written by Dr Andrew Maynard, Chief Science Adviso...
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Preparing for REACH - IOM's 2nd Free Workshop: Tools and Guidance
The EU's new regulatory regime for chemicals came into force in June 2007 and various activities have developed since the first of IOM’s seminars on REACH held in June. The second of IOM’s...
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Exposure to metal working fluids (MWF)
"Exposure to metal working fluids (MWF) may be a cause of illness across a wide spectrum of businesses. The Health and Safety Executive (http://213.212.77.20/metalworking/about.htm) have highlighted a...
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International perspective on health impact assessment in urban settings
Salim Vohra, Director of IOM’s new Centre for Health Impact Assessment, gives an international perspective on health impact assessment in urban settings in the current issue of the New S...
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IOM CHIA at the forthcoming major HIA Conference in Dublin
"The IOM Centre for Health Impact Assessment (IOM CHIA) is presenting on three major themes at the 8th International HIA conference in Dublin between the 16th-17th October 2007.Quantifying health impa...
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REFNANO final report officially published 20/09/2007
'REFNANO: Reference materials for engineered nanoparticle toxicology and metrology' has been published on the DEFRA website. The project team, led by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, su...