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Monday, August 18, 2008

National Emphasis Program To Reduce Lead Exposure

On Friday Occupational Health and Safety Magazine reported that OSHA "issued an instruction transmitting policies and procedures for implementing a National Emphasis Program to reduce occupational exposures to lead, effective immediataly."

You can read the entire article at: http://www.ohsonline.com/articles/66411/

The new directive, CPL 03-00-009, replaces CPL 02-00-130.

Labels: Industrial Health, OSHA