Agencies and Associations

Organized alphabetically by acronym. (See also listings for Associations and Organizations under other topics.) 

6015 West St. Joseph, Suite 102 Lansing, MI 48917-3980 (517) 321-2638 Fax (517) 321-4624 Website www.abih.org The board is responsible for the certification of industrial hygienists. It oversees the examination process and credentialing of industrial hygiene practitioners. 

ACGIH (American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists) 

Professional society of persons employed by official governmental units responsible for full-time programs in industrial hygiene. Devoted to the development of administrative and technical aspects of worker health protection. 

2700 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 250 FairFax, VA 22031 (703) 849-8888 Fax (703) 207-3561 Website www.aiha.org E-mail infonet aiha.org 

---

Industrial recognition of customer and employee safety is a major factor and is included in international programs such as ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. Further, a number of national and state agencies and associations deal with aspects of the environmental and personal safety issues on an ongoing basis. 

The information in Table 10.1 reflects currently available information concerning chemicals used in both art and chemistry. It should be understood that the authors and publisher can take no responsibility for the use or misuse of any information provided herein. Readers should use common sense and seek advice from the medical profession, regulatory agencies, and associated professionals about specific hazards and problems. 

See Agencies and Associations for contact information.) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)" ... 

The formation of clusters can be a way to increase companies performance. Porter [4] defines a cluster as a geographic concentration of mutually interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, providers of services, companies in similar fields and associated institutions, such as universities, agencies and associations of different orientations, which compete, but also cooperate. Clusters may represent forms of vertical as well as horizontal integration of companies. 

Shipment of hydrazine solutions is regulated in the United States by the Department of Transportation (DOT) which classifies all aqueous solutions between 64.4 and 37% N2H4 as "Corrosive" materials with a subsidiary risk of "Poison". Hydrazine has been identified by both the Environmental Protection Agency and the DOT as a hazardous material and has been assigned a reportable quantity (RQ) of 0.450 kg (1 lb) if spilled. Dmms for the shipment of these solutions must bear both the DOT specification "Corrosive" and "Poison" labels in association with the markings "RQ Hydrazine Aqueous Solution UN 2030." Aqueous solutions of 37% concentration or less are a hazard Class 6.1, UN 3293, Packing Group III and require "Keep Away From Food" placards and labels. 

Twelve oxygen grades are defined by the Gas Specification Committee of the Compressed Gas Association (CGA) (24), 10 of which are given in Table 4. The contaminants identified relate to possible residues from the atmosphere as well as particulates or fibers that may have been contributed by the manufacturing process or the distribution system. In addition, government agencies and certain commercial users have developed specifications for individual needs (25). In most cases, these specifications closely parallel the CGA grades. 

In the United States, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) is the major legislation covering the disposal of solid and hazardous wastes (2). This act provides a multifaceted approach to solving the problems associated with the generation of approximately 5 billion metric tons of solid waste each year in the United States. It places particular emphasis on the regulation of hazardous wastes. This law established the Office of Solid Waste within the Environmental Protection Agency and directed the agency to publish hazardous waste characteristics and criteria. 

MAIN regular and associate members include investor-owned utilities, cooperative systems, municipal power agencies, independent power producers, marketers, and two municipal systems that together sei"ve 19 million people living m a 120,000-sqiiare-mile area. 

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the analytical methods that are available for detecting, measuring, and/or monitoring methyl parathion, its metabolites, and other biomarkers of exposure and effect to methyl parathion. The intent is not to provide an exhaustive list of analytical methods. Rather, the intention is to identify well-established methods that are used as the standard methods of analysis. Many of the analytical methods used for environmental samples are the methods approved by federal agencies and organizations such as EPA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Other methods presented in this chapter are those that are approved by groups such as the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and the American Public Health Association (APHA). Additionally, analytical methods are included that modify previously used methods to obtain lower detection limits and/or to improve accuracy and precision. 

A review is presented here of certification approaches, followed by several of the major agencies and individual developers of RMs for chemical composition, addressing some of the many associated scientific aspects that significantly impinge on the conduct and outcome of the analytical characterization exercises. These include definition of analytical methods selection of analytical methodologies, analysts and laboratories in-house characterization and cooperative inter-laboratory characterization. 

Most consent forms that have been developed have at some time been reviewed by standing ethical review boards, usually associated with a university. The format of the consent form described above has been reviewed over time by more than one ethical review board and would be acceptable in most States for the purpose of acquiring the consent of potential volunteers in a worker exposure or re-entry study. If performing worker exposure studies in California, the researcher is advised to contact the State regulatory agencies and submit the draft consent form and study protocol to the State-appointed ethical review board for review and approval prior to initiation of the field phase of the study. Of course, if the researcher has any doubt about the acceptability of the proposed consent form, he/she should contact the appropriate state agencies where they plan to perform the study. 

These documents are available from relevant trade associations, some professional associations, such as BIRA and DIA, by subscription to schemes such as Euro Direct, operated by the UK Medicines Control Agency, and via the internet at http //www.eudra.org (or http //dg3.eudra.org for the item marked ). 

---