IOM News Archive Listing: From 2010

• Scottish Government contract to review methods of assessing the risk to human health associated with contaminated land

  The IOM has been commissioned by the Scottish Government to undertake a review of methods to assess risk to human health from contaminated land. ... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:55:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• ECHA preparing update of Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment

  ECHA has publicised in its press release of 22nd February that it is in the process of preparing an update of the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT

• Introduction of COHORT software

  The Occupational Health division has recently installed a specialist database and reporting tool for the management and recording of activity within the division.... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:55:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• Training Course - Asbestos and other contaminants (Wolverhampton)

  A 2-day asbestos training course entitled 'The Revised Contaminated land Statutory Guidance, Asbestos and Metals in soils and SPOSH' is scheduled to be held in Wolverhampton on... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:00:00 GMT

  Category: Servicesg

• Protecting respiratory health

  Protecting respiratory health is an important aspect of safeguarding the health of... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:30:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Dealing with chemicals at work

  The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations have been in place for more than 20... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• High Aspect Respirable Particles

  During a recent talk at the IOM, Dr Craig Poland discussed the interesting issues surrounding the potential health effects of exposure certain forms of nanoparticles... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:10:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• CIRIA Asbestos in Soil Project

  CIRIA has announced the start of its project on asbestos in... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Health and Safety in a Changing World: OSH Knowledge and its Management

  IOSH has funded IOM to carry out a research project to examine how occupational safety and health (OSH) knowledge is managed and transferred in the... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Aging and the demands of firefighting

  The FBU commissioned Richard Graveling and Joanne Crawford of the IOM to write a scoping study, presenting an outline review of the medical and scientific literature on aging and... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:55:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Contaminated land training course: 27th and 28th February

  Wolverhampton City Council, in partnership with IOM and others, will be running a two day training course on assessing risks associated with asbestos and other contaminants in... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:20:00 GMT

  Category: Servicesg

• Senior IOM Consultant to speak at Scottish Contaminated Land conference

  IOM are pleased to announce that Dr Alan Jones will be a keynote speaker at Brownfield Briefing's Scottish Contaminated Land conference in February... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:20:00 GMT

  Category: General

• IOM successfully delivers second training course to Turkey's İSGUM regional staff

  IOM recently hosted a second group of seven members from the ISGLABTEK Internships for Technical Training... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:30:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• BSI award to IOM consultant

  Dr Richard Graveling, Principal Ergonomics Consultant and Head of Human Sciences at the IOM has recently been awarded a Distinguished Service Certificate by the British Standards... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:15:00 GMT

  Category: General

• MAnaging RIsks of NAnoparticles: launch of the MARINA project

  We are proud to announce the launch of MARINA - one of the largest projects addressing nanotechnology risk issues to... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:45:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Assessment of asbestos risks from soils

  In the past few months, IOM (with Wolverhampton City Council and Johnson, Poole and Bloomer) have successfully completed a very major joint investigation of asbestos in gardens in... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Validation of models for the initial estimation of occupational exposure (Tier 1) in the chemical safety assessment under REACH

  The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals) legislation was introduced on 1st June 2007 and aims to control human and environmental risk from... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM's international proficiency testing scheme for asbestos counting enjoys continued success

  The Institute of Occupational Medicine's Asbestos Fibre Regular Informal Counting Arrangement (AFRICA) - an international proficiency testing scheme for laboratories that measure... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:30:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• REACH Implementation Projects on Nanomaterials (RIP-oN 2 and 3) - Final Project Reports published by the European Commission

  Final reports have been published from two REACH Implementation Projects on Nanomaterials (RIP-oN 2 and 3) ... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Global impact of paper on air pollution and health

  The number of times a research study is referred to by other scientists in their work is one of the key indicators we currently use to gauge the impact of scientific... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) 12-16 September 2011, Barcelona

  The ISEE is a major international conference that aims to bring together scientists from across the environment and human health fields to present and discuss the latest findings... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:30:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• New microbiological laboratory opens at IOM's regional laboratory in Stafford

  IOM gained UKAS accreditation at the end of July for the analysis of airborne and contact sample... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:45:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• Electrograph

  IOM is pleased to announce our involvement in a new European Seventh Framework Programme research project investigating the potential uses of... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:35:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• IOM review of the use of colour and of colour vision testing in the rail industry

  The IOM has recently been awarded a contract by RSSB to carry out a qualitative evaluation of colour vision testing tools, followed by a quantitative colour perception... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:55:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Inorganic lead compounds and cancer

  Inorganic lead compounds are used in lead-acid storage batteries for vehicles and other uses, in some pigments, as stabilisers in plastics and several other uses.... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:30:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Roy Archibald - Obituary

  Roy Archibald died on the 19th April 2011, aged 90. ... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:00:00 GMT

  Category: General

• Leukaemia in offshore oil workers: IOM provides advice for new research study

  In 2008 a group of researchers from Norway published the results from a research study that showed an increased risk for cancers of the blood and bone marrow amongst offshore oil... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:15:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• SAFENANO Nanotechnology Safety website re-launch

  Following extensive consultation and re-design, the new SAFENANO website offers a wealth of up-to-date information of value to... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Occupational Disease Conference - London

  On the 10th May 2011 Berrymans Lace Mawer Solicitors held a 1 day Occupational Disease Conference at the Grange City Hotel in... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:20:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Extension of UKAS accreditation for testing protective suit

  It is crucial that protective suits do what they say on the tin or workers may be exposed to highly hazardous chemicals, radioactivity or biological... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 20 May 2011 10:30:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• REACH compliance for SMEs

  The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation has been headlined as a major piece of chemicals regulation but obligations under REACH... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 18 May 2011 15:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Site investigation and risk assessment for asbestos in gardens in Leeds

  An ever growing number of councils are faced with the problem of asbestos turning up in people’s gardens or allotments and the necessity to determine whether the asbestos... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 18 May 2011 13:45:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• The effects of outdoor air pollution on mortality in the UK

  In our February Newsletter we mentioned a report from the UK Expert Advisory Committee on the Medical Effect of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), published late in 2010, on "The Mortality... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 09 May 2011 13:30:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM scientists advocate tighter standards for airborne dust at work

  Scientists at the IOM have highlighted that the current British occupational exposure limits (OELs) for airborne dust are unsafe and employers should attempt to reduce exposures... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 09 May 2011 09:30:00 GMT

  Category: General

• Exposure Scenarios for Nanomaterials

  A project to develop exposure scenarios for manufactured nanomaterials, and to identify key knowledge and data gaps concerning exposure to nanomaterials was recently completed by... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:30:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Dermal Exposure to Heavy Fuel Oils

  IOM scientists have recently published an article on dermal exposure to heavy fuel oils... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:15:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM on YouTube

  We have posted a video on YouTube.com to explain how we can help you test the fit of respirators used by your staff.... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:20:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• IOM scientists get into Deepwater

  IOM scientists are to provide advice for a study of workers involved in cleaning up oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:20:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Is brain cancer related to mobile phone use?

  The incidence of brain cancer in the Britain has not increased following the period of rapid adoption of mobile phone... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:50:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Depleted uranium

  Depleted uranium (DU) is a by-product of the industry that enriches uranium for nuclear... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:40:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Smoking in cars

  As part of work from the Scottish Centre for Indoor Air scientists at the IOM have been involved in a project to measure levels of Second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) in... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:20:54 GMT

  Category: Research

• Ageing, Work and Retirement

  The government has recently confirmed that 2011 will see the end to the default retirement age in the... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:20:54 GMT

  Category: General

• Join the debate about the new era of UK health and safety at IOSH 2011

  Invest in a trip to IOSH 2011 and you’re guaranteed rich educational content and networking with over 2000 health and safety practitioners and over 100 leading... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• IOM scientists short listed for Lloyd's Science of Risk research prize

  Congratulations to Dr. Karen Galea who was short listed and Craig Poland who came runner up at the first annual Lloyd's The Science of Risk... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:00:10 GMT

  Category: General

• IOM undertakes training for Malaysian health and safety inspectors

  Dr John Cherrie visited Kuala Lumpur during November to run two training courses for a group of Malaysian Government health and safety... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:00:58 GMT

  Category: General

• IOM Pesticides Project

  The use of pesticides and their possible health effects is a subject that gives rise to much public concern and discussion. There have been reports of ill health attributed to... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Compensation for asbestos-related disease – a report from a recent conference

  The recent Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP occupational disease conference held in Manchester provided a useful update on the key developments in the field of medico-legal work... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Good Work Good Health – Mental Wellbeing in the Telecommunications Industry

  The IOM has recently completed a research project on mental wellbeing in the European telecommunications... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM scientists contribute to a major new textbook on Environmental Medicine

  A brand new international guide to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of environmentally-acquired disease has recently been... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:10 GMT

  Category: Research

• Advanced Reach Tool training courses

  ReachCentrum and TNO are offering of series of training courses on the Advanced Reach Tool (ART). The ART provides a cost-effective higher tier worker exposure assessment... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• REACH registration deadline

  The end of November 2010 is the first deadline under REACH for registration of the most hazardous substances (e.g. CMR, PBT and vPvB) and those manufactured or imported above... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Asbestos contaminated soils: the health risk lurking in your backyard?

  IOM is running a half day seminar on 'Asbestos in Contaminated Land' on Monday 29th November in Sunderland, starting at... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• Bedford Prize awarded to IOM scientists

  The Thomas Bedford Memorial Prize, named in honour of the first President of the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS), is given every two years to the author or authors of... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: General

• Completion of major soils testing project by the Analytical Lab

  For the past ten months, the IOM’s analytical lab has been determining the asbestos content of a stream of soil samples from gardens in a housing estate in... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:10:18 GMT

  Category: Services

• Join the debate about the new era of UK health and safety at IOSH 2011

  Invest in a trip to IOSH 2011 and you’re guaranteed rich educational content and networking with over 2000 health and safety practitioners and over 100 leading... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• IOM promotes greener travel to staff to reduce our carbon footprint

  At IOM we are continually looking at ways to reduce our environmental impact. Every two months we recalculate our carbon footprint and the latest calculation shows we have reduced... …View full story

  Published: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: General

• UKAS accredited quantification of asbestos in soils

  The IOM laboratory is pleased to announce an extension to the scope of our UKAS accreditation to include the quantification of asbestos in... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:10:18 GMT

  Category: Services

• Clean Air? - Take Care!

  The IOM has been working closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) on a new joint initiative to improve the use of... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: General

• IOM scientist attends major US conference on occupational hygiene

  John Cherrie, IOM's Research Director, attended the American Industrial Hygiene conference and exposition in Denver during... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:58 GMT

  Category: General

• Good Work Good Health – Mental Wellbeing in the Telecommunications Industry

  The IOM has recently completed a research project on mental wellbeing in the European telecommunications... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM gains UKAS accreditation for airborne microbiological organism sampling in hospitals

  IOM Consulting has gained UKAS accreditation for sampling airborne microbiological organisms in hospital operating theatre suites and hospital sterile service clean... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• Compensation for asbestos-related disease – a report from a recent conference

  The recent Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP occupational disease conference held in Manchester provided a useful update on the key developments in the field of medico-legal work... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Advanced Reach Tool training courses

  ReachCentrum and TNO are offering of series of training courses on the Advanced Reach Tool (ART). The ART provides a cost-effective higher tier worker exposure assessment... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• Asbestos contaminated soils: the health risk lurking in your backyard?

  IOM is running a half day seminar on 'Asbestos in Contaminated Land' on Monday 29th November in Sunderland, starting at... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• Ensuring acceptable above the neck protection: the ergonomics of PPE

  An article written by Richard Graveling on 'Ensuring acceptable above the neck protection: the ergonomics of PPE' has been published in the July issue of Health and Safety... …View full story

  Published: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM scientists contribute to a major new textbook on Environmental Medicine

  A brand new international guide to the investigation, diagnosis and treatment of environmentally-acquired disease has recently been... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:10 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM promotes greener travel to staff to reduce our carbon footprint

  At IOM we are continually looking at ways to reduce our environmental impact. Every two months we recalculate our carbon footprint and the latest calculation shows we have reduced... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 25 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: General

• Cancer investigation at semiconductor factory in Greenock

  The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and IOM have jointly carried out a study to investigate potential cancer risks among the workers of a semiconductor factory in... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 25 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Reseach

• REACH registration deadline

  The end of November 2010 is the first deadline under REACH for registration of the most hazardous substances (e.g. CMR, PBT and vPvB) and those manufactured or imported above... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• IOM report on the health effects of particle air pollution in London

  There's been a lot of media interest in a recent IOM report on the health effects of particle air pollution in... …View full story

  Published: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• International experts gather in Edinburgh for Nanotoxicology 2010

  From the 2nd - 4th June 2010, over 400 experts in nanotechnology health and safety from around the world gathered in Edinburgh for Nanotoxicology 2010, a landmark event in the... …View full story

  Published: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• Lead in paint

  Lead is recognised as a highly toxic metal but prior to the early 1960s white lead (lead carbonate/lead sulphate) was the principal white pigment in primers and topcoats applied... …View full story

  Published: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT

  Category: Services

• IOM scientist attends major US conference on occupational hygiene

  John Cherrie, IOM's Research Director, attended the American Industrial Hygiene conference and exposition in Denver during... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:00:58 GMT

  Category: General

• Asbestos in Gardens, a real risk to health

  IOM is running half day seminars on 'Asbestos Contamination in Gardens' on Tuesday, 18th May 2010 in Chesterfield and on Wednesday, 19th May in Keele,... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:10:18 GMT

  Category: Services

• Clean Air? - Take Care!

  The IOM has been working closely with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) on a new joint initiative to improve the use of... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: General

• UK Government publishes Nanotechnologies Strategy

  'UK Nanotechnologies Strategy: Small Technologies, Great Opportunities' has been published as part of a drive to aid realisation of the benefits of nanotechnologies. Published by... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: Consulting

• UKAS accredited quantification of asbestos in soils

  The IOM laboratory is pleased to announce an extension to the scope of our UKAS accreditation to include the quantification of asbestos in... …View full story

  Published: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:10:18 GMT

  Category: Services

• Removal of Default Retirement Age

  The removal of the default retirement age in the UK has been welcomed by many but has raised concerns amongst some business leaders. .......more.

• Workshops on the Control of Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Chemicals

  European Directive (2004/37/EC) deals with protection of workers from exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work. Article 5 of the Directive sets out the requirements for prevention or reduction of exposure, where the prime duty of employers is to replace carcinogens with substances that are not dangerous or less dangerous to workers' health and safety.....more.

  Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: Research

• IOM scientist attends the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference

  Dr Araceli Sánchez Jiménez, a research scientist within the Exposure Assessment section at IOM, attended the UK National Smoking Cessation Conference (UKSCC) in June. ......more.

  Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:20:10 GMT

  Category: Research

• ICMM publishes guidance on HIA

  The International Council on Mining and Metals has published its guidance on HIA....more.

  Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: General

• The Health and Wellbeing of Remote and Mobile Workers

  The IOM has recently completed a project funded by the British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) to examine the health and wellbeing of remote and mobile workers (RMWs)...more.

  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:00:00 GMT

  Category: Research

• The state of The ART

  The IOM is a key partner involved in the development of the Advanced REACH Tool (ART), which provides a system for companies to estimate occupational chemical exposure for the European REACH Regulations...more.

  Fri, 21 May 2010 12:04:54 GMT

  Category: Research

• Anglo-French Nanotechnology EHS research collaborations for mutual benefit

  On the 10th and 11th March, the IOM & CEA (Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, France), were pleased to organise a workshop to discuss health and safety issues of nanomaterials...more.

• Bakers – time to clear the air!

  The HSE recently warned that thousands of British bakers could be at risk of developing a debilitating respiratory condition unless they take sensible precautions. ..more.

• IOM work contributes to Department of Health “Invisible Patients” Report

  The Department of Health has today released the report "Invisible Patients", which is the report of the working group on the Health of Health Professionals chaired by Professor Alastair Scotland, Director of the National Clinical Assessment Service... ..more.

• HSE publishes new guidance on managing asbestos risks

  Earlier this month, the HSE published HSG 264, ‘Asbestos: The Survey Guide’. ...more.

• IOM reaches important milestone in its history

  On 1st April, the IOM reached an important milestone – the 20th anniversary of the day the Institute broke the link with British Coal, and became fully responsible for running its own affairs, including the employment of staff.....more.

• Workshops and courses at the National Heart and Lung Institute

  Here are details of forthcoming events, which will all be held at the National Heart and Lung Institute, London SW3....more. 

• Spotlight on cobalt

  The US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has recently added a new page about cobalt to its website...more.

• IOM-led consortium awarded crucial advisory contracts on the regulation of nanomaterials under REACH

  A consortium led by the Institute of Occupational Medicine’s SAFENANO Initiative has been awarded two contracts by the Institute for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission's Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC) concerning the development of specific advice on the assessment of nanomaterials under REACH.....more.

• IOM presented with Award

  The IOM was presented with an Award for Distinguished Service by Safety Groups UK... more.

• Dr Lang Tran to speak at prestigious international conferences

  Lang Tran, IOM's Principal Toxicologist, has been invited to speak at two important conferences dealing with nanotechnology issues... more.

• The Advanced REACH Tool goes live

  The development of the Advanced REACH Tool (ART) version 1.0 is complete and the tool is now available. ...more.

• Nanotoxicology 2010 Conference

  The 3rd of the Nanotoxicology conference series, Nanotoxicology 2010 is aimed at professionals and students in nanotechnology environment, health and safety (EHS) research... more.

• REACH: Developing Exposure Scenarios for the Chemical Safety Assessment

  The December 2010 registration deadline looms for chemicals produced or imported in quantities of greater than 1000 tonnes per year as well as substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic or as dangerous for the aquatic environment... more.

• New NICE public health guidance aims to improve mental wellbeing within the workplace

  The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recently (5 November) issued guidance for employers on promoting mental wellbeing at work through productive and healthy working conditions. .....more. 

• Launch of the Advanced REACH Tool

  The IOM is part of a European consortium, consisting of TNO (Netherlands), HSL (UK), IRAS (Netherlands), BAUA (Germany) and NCWR (Denmark), which is developing an exposure modelling tool to estimate occupational exposure to chemicals. ......more. 

• Health effects associated with bioaerosols from waste handling processes

  High levels of workplace exposure to bioaerosol in the waste industry are associated with adverse effects on respiratory health but little is known about the impacts of bioaerosol emissions from waste handling processes on health in local communities...more. 

• House of Lords' report on nanotechnologies and food

  The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee criticised the food industry for failing to be transparent about its research into the uses of nanotechnologies and nanomaterials... more.

• Are your suppliers’ data sheets good enough for COSHH?

  It seems straightforward, you have looked at the materials safety data sheet, nothing is declared, the material must be safe – or is it?...more.

• Asbestos in gardens

  Over the past couple of years we have increasingly become involved in instances where asbestos contamination has turned up in gardens in housing schemes built on redeveloped sites.......more. 

• SAFENANO information service secures continuation funding

  SAFENANO, a nanotechnology environment, health & safety initiative based at the IOM, has secured continuation & development funding for its information service.... more.