Putting workers' safety and health into green chemistry

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• Personal Author:
  Schulte, Paul A.
• Description:
  Early attempts at reducing the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing may have resulted in enhanced risk to workers' safety and health. Eliminating or reducing the environmental hazards associated with a chemical often requires the introduction of new processes or the modification of preexisting systems. These changes range from the production of smaller volumes of a substance to the replacement of an existing chemical with a "safer" alternative. These changes can result in unforeseen consequences if the occupational health hazards and associated risks are not considered. This presentation will highlight the impact of the green chemistry movement on workers' safety and health, in addition to emphasizing the need to eliminate occupational health hazards through the application of the principles of Prevention through Design. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Environmental-control Environmental-physiology Environmental-stress Environmental-technology Injury-prevention Occupational-safety-programs Physiological-effects Quantitative-analysis Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-research Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-motivation Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1096-6080
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  120
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038509
• Citation:
  Toxicologist 2011 Mar; 120(Suppl 2):195
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  The Toxicologist. Society of Toxicology 50th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 6-10, 2011, Washington, DC
• Supplement:
  2
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192195/cdc_192195_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.09 MB ]