Sentences with phrase «lead safe work»

The EPA is required to develop regulations that establish lead safe work practices for renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities for commercial and public buildings, and the date was recently pushed back a second time, to Sept. 15, 2012.

Under a settlement agreement between the EPA and various public interest groups, the EPA is required to develop regulations that establish lead safe work practices for renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities for commercial and public buildings.

Contractors in Oneida County working under new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations concerning lead safe work practices are being offered a free seminar designed to familiarize them with the new requirements and provide them the opportunity to participate in the Contractors» Connections program.

Erie County offers free classes on Lead Safe Work Practices.

«Protecting our children from the hazards of lead common in pre-1978 housing has been a high priority of my administration; and while it may take years to provide adequate lead safe housing in our community, there are measures we can take now to reduce children's risks of lead poisoning, including insisting that rental property owners replace or repair older windows and chipping and peeling lead paint and ensuring the work is performed by EPA certified contractors using lead safe work practices,» Picente said.

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In addition, on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, the ECDOH will be offering «Lead Safe Work Practices Course for Homeowners» performing Lead Remediation / General Remodeling on their pre-1978 built homes.

«Property owners need to be aware of the importance of maintaining their properties and insuring that only certified renovators, properly trained in lead safe work practices, complete work and repairs when necessary.»

Veterans «Honored» With Free Lead Safe Work Practices Training «Program Aids Employment in Construction Field» Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced that the tuition for EPA mandated training and certification for two veterans seeking employment in the construction field upon returning from service in Afghanistan or Iraq will be absorbed by the County's Lead Primary Prevention Program (LPP).

«My proposal would add $ 3.75 million in additional funding over five years for investigative and nursing staff, lead safe work materials for landlords to use in remediation, and a replacement window fund.

The program, initiated last year by County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., targets properties in Cornhill, West Utica and parts of East Utica that are «at risk» for lead poisoning and allows the homeowners to replace old lead - base painted, single paned windows with new energy efficient replacement windows purchased at cost and using lead safe work practices.

For more information on Lead Poisoning, Lead Recalls or lead Safe Work Practices contact the Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program at 266-6147 or visit our web site at www.ocgov.net and click on «Lead Recalls and Information.»

The program also provides property owners free lead safe work practice training and clearance testing once repairs and cleaning have been completed to insure safe lead dust levels in the home.

Picente added, «We urge all area contractors to take advantage of these free lead safe work practice training programs.

Those services include lead testing of newborns, free on - site lead inspections, dust wipe sampling and the training seminars for contractors and landlords on lead safe work practices.

Dr. Gayle D. Jones, Oneida County Director of Health, says it is essential that anyone who disturbs lead - based paints in pre-1978 housing be properly trained and certified in lead safe work practices and that contractors or renovators found to be non-compliant with EPA regulations are subject to substantial fines.

Area contractors are again being offered EPA mandated training in lead safe work practices through a partnership between Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) and the Oneida County Lead Primary Prevention program (LPP).

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She has returned to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast more than 60 times since Hurricane Katrina, either to produce segments or work toward lead Safe Louisiana and Michelle's Earth Foundation's goal of eradicating childhood lead poisoning in New Orleans.

«I am excited about the opportunity the Smart Teams Play Safe summit and the SmartTEAM program have given me to work with some of the nation's leading youth sports safety experts in developing and testing a set of best practices.

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«We have been impressed by the good work of the Family Online Safety Institute in promoting effective private - sector responses to the need to keep kids safe and smart online, and it's an honor to join with other leading companies and organizations in supporting FOSI.»

In addition to their efforts to work with the healthcare community to promote safe sleep education, they have partnered with leading infant health and safety organizations to support their mutual interest in educating parents to keep all babies safe.

We then work with leading scientists worldwide to create safe alternatives.

She also has another important goal in her work: to let people know that for every lead - laden product she finds, there are safer choices.

The aim is to develop and deploy leading - edge technology to create safer working operations, improve environmental performance and increase the productivity of mining operations.

While defending our freedom and performing nation - building tasks in the Middle East, changes in federal EPA regulations now require those working in home construction or remodeling be certified in lead - safe work practices.

Neil Rhodes, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead on crime mapping, added that police forces across the country would «continue to work hard to provide the public with the very best information, with more facts, to help them understand what is happening in their area and reassure them of what is being done to make them safer».

In addition, the state also rarely enforces a federal rule that requires contractors to use safe work practices when renovating, painting or repairing homes that are presumed to have lead paint.

We appreciate the efforts of Jeff Klein and the IDC to identify where programs are falling short on safety, and hope that this work leads not only to more transparency, so parents can make the best choices for their children, but also to greater technical assistance to help centers provide safe, high quality services,» said Stephanie Gendell, Citizen's Committee for Children of NY.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced the expansion of the Lead - Safe Work Practice Training program to communities across Oneida County, starting with Vernon and Rome.

As part of his expanded Lead Primary Prevention initiative, Picente recently announced a series of free training courses dealing with lead - safe work practices and designed for area contractors to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards involving work done on pre-1978 housLead Primary Prevention initiative, Picente recently announced a series of free training courses dealing with lead - safe work practices and designed for area contractors to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards involving work done on pre-1978 houslead - safe work practices and designed for area contractors to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards involving work done on pre-1978 housing.

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Oneida County's housing stock is among the oldest in New York State, and while sturdy and architecturally aesthetic, is covered with lead - based paints requiring specialized knowledge of lead - safe work practices compliant with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that went into effect in 2010.

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«In these difficult economic times when area new housing stats are limited, we need to equip those who seek employment in rehabilitation - type work with the required job skills to perform work in a lead safe manner that will protect our community's children from the lead hazards that might result during renovations,» Picente said.

A new job training program for veterans to receive lead - safe certification to do renovation, painting and repair work on homes to prevent lead poisoning in children.

If the drug is safe and works, it will undoubtedly encounter strong demand; depression — the world's leading cause of mental disability — never enters full remission in more than half the patients treated with psychotherapies and existing antidepressants.

Although artificial sweeteners — among the world's most widely used food additives — are approved by most food regulation agencies as safe for humans, the researchers who led the work suggest that their use should be reassessed.

The team claims its work, funded by Tonix, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in New York City, could lead to a safer, more effective vaccine against smallpox.

«This is important because there's a robust body of research showing that the ability to talk about sexual health with a partner, such as a willingness to talk about condoms, is one of the strongest predictors of whether a couple will engage in safer sex,» says Laura Widman, lead author of a paper describing the work and an assistant professor of psychology at NC State.

«As synthetic biology leads to the emergence of more sophisticated GMOs to address these grand challenges, we must assume a proactive role in establishing safe and efficacious solutions for biotechnology, similar to those who worked to secure the Internet in the 1990s.»

In their latest work, the researchers set out to improve upon these particles, making them more efficient, more selective, and safer, says Yizhou Dong, a postdoc at the Koch Institute and lead author of the paper.

The work could lead to safer medicines.

«The universality of our law is really surprising, and understanding this can lead to safer building designs and shed some light into the anticipatory nature of human interactions,» said Karamouzas, who will present his work during a talk at the American Physical Society's March Meeting on Friday, March 6.

Concerns about mosaicism and off - target effects after the published work by the Chinese teams led some to conclude that CRISPR wasn't safe as a strategy for preventing a disease in a baby, much less adding some «enhancement.»

It seems formal rating systems encourage «safe» judgements, leading to an emphasis on work that is seen as sound rather than novel.

This has led the group of Yasuhiro Ikeda (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA) to work out a strategy to produce safe and effective cells from iPSCs.