Industrial Hygiene

06/11/2024: Human Rights Due Diligence: New Laws for Global Supply Chains

About the webinar:

Due to the failure of voluntary self-regulation through corporate social responsibility programs to protect supply chain workers, governments in Europe and North America are enacting laws to require international brands to conduct “human rights due diligence” of their supply chains. The HRDD-related laws require transnational corporations to assess the adverse impacts of their operations, develop publicly-reported corrective action plans, and interact with affected communities and workers. These laws, controversial and uneven in their rigor and impact, are coming into...

03/12/2024: An IH Approach to Assessing Transit Operator Exposures to Fentanyl and Methamphetamine

About the webinar:

Prompted by transit employee concerns, University of Washington (Seattle) researchers undertook an exposure assessment for fentanyl and methamphetamine on transit vehicles in the US Pacific Northwest. Researchers collected air and surface samples from a total of 11 buses and 19 train cars. Dr. Baker will describe the methods and findings from this study, recommendations made to participating transit agencies, and outline challenges and needs for ongoing work.

Do the Change with Aldo Muñoz, MPH

Join the conversation between Tyra Parrish, MPH, and Aldo Munoz, MPH, and gain fresh perspectives on the field of Industrial Hygiene in regards to how we as future leaders can protect workers and create accessible information channels for workers. In this episode, Aldo and Tyra talked about how Aldo entered the field and how the field of Industrial Hygiene is decades back in regards to race, ethnicity and gender and that there is lots of room for improvement.

12/12/2023: Industrial Hygiene & Environmental Sustainability at a Commercial Airline

About the webinar:

Mr. Tochilin worked as a general manager at Delta Air Lines for nearly 26 years. During that time, he dealt with a plethora of environmental health and sustainability issues. Examples include cabin air quality, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, disinsection, radiological health, carbon footprinting, and alternative fuels. He will discuss his experience addressing EHS&S challenges in the airline industry.

Human health hazards, risks, and impacts associated with underground gas storage in California

Hammond SK
Prasad K
2018

Book chapter in Long-Term Viability of Underground Natural Gas Storage in California: An Independent Review of Scientific and Technical Information A Commissioned Report

Exoskeleton Use in Construction

Gutierrez N
Moore A
Ojelade A
Barr A
Rempel D
Nussbuam M
Harris-Adamson C
2021

A pilot study comparing T-regulatory cell function among healthy children in different areas of Gansu, China

Gou P
Chang X
Ye Z
Yao Y
Nguyen PK
Hammond SK
2017

Publication

Risk of Adenovirus and Cryptosporidium Ingestion to Sanitation Workers in a Municipal Scale Non-Sewered Sanitation Process—A Case Study from Kigali, Rwanda

Rachel Sarah Sklar
Zeyi Zhou
Wellars Ndayisaba
Ashley Muspratt
Erica Fuhrmeister
Kara Nelson
S. Katharine Hammond
2021

Publication

Air Quality Impacts and Intake Fraction of PM2.5 during a Mega Fire: a case study of the 2013 Rim Fire

Kathleen Navarro
Ricardo Cisneros
Susan O'Neill
Donald Schweizer
Narasimhan Larkin
John Balmes
2016

Oral Presentation for the 2nd International Smoke Symposium at Long Beach, CA

Plasma glucocorticogenic activity, race/ethnicity and alcohol intake among San Francisco Bay Area women

Tachachartvanich P
Sanchez SS
Gomez SL
John EM
Smith MT
Fejerman L
2020

Publication