In your letter of January 31,1990, you asked us to evaluate the quality of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data that will be used to determine the need for mandatory waste minimization requirements. We presented initial fmdings in response to this request in August 199 1. This report presents our detailed findings on this issue; that is, our assessment of (1) the degree and causes of ...

BACKGROUND Although there is evident association between alcohol-related hospitalization and alcohol use, the relationship has not been well examined. This study analyzed the extent of alcohol abstinence, non-hazardous use and hazardous use among people who had experienced alcohol-related hospitalization during the preceding decade. METHOD Registry data concerning alcohol-related hospitalizat...

Modern technology makes possible improvements in training programs designed to develop young drivers’ abilities to anticipate hazardous situations. These improvements which come from increases in the range of scenarios to which young drivers are exposed and the number of times young drivers can practice the skills they are learning. In this study, a new Flash-based, PC training program that run...

Defense-in-depth is a fundamental safety principle for the design and operation of nuclear power plants in the United States. Despite its general appeal, some authors have identified potential drawbacks in defense-in-depth in its potential for hazardous state concealment. To prevent this drawback from materializing, we propose in this work a novel safety strategy, namely “observabilityin-depth”...

The ability to predict hazards in possible situations in a general X-ray examination room created for Kiken-Yochi training (KYT) is quantified by use of free-response receiver-operating characteristics (FROC) analysis for determining whether the total number of years of clinical experience, involvement in general X-ray examinations, occupation, and training each have an impact on the hazard pre...

Title IIIofthe SuperfundAmendments andReauthorizationActof1986seeks to reduce the risks of chemical accidents through a strategy of indirect regulation that relies onproviding the public with information about chemi­ cal1uJzards. For thisstrategy to be effective, citizensmustaggressively utilize the information provided to monitor industrial practices and press for risk reduction. Since prior r...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate possible health effects related to work with hazardous materials as measured by end organ effect markers in a large cohort over about 2 years, and in a subcohort over 5 years. METHODS Hepatic, renal, and haematological variables were analysed from 1996-98 in hazardous materials firefighters including 288 hazardous materials technicians (81%) and 68 support workers (19%)...

Rail shipments of hazardous materials expose the population near the routes to the possibility of an accident resulting in a spill. Rail routes are determined by economic concerns such as route length and the revenue generated for the originating carrier. In this paper we consider an alternate routing strategy that takes accident risks into account. We employ a model to quantify rail transport ...

The recent review for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) by the expert committee, appointed by the European Union, stated that the replacement of PZT “... may be scientifically and technologically practical to a certain degree ...”, although replacement “... is scientifically and technically still impractical in the majority of applications.” Thus, two decades of sustained...

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