Justin Schuller, Trainer with Environmental Management Institute at Ivy Tech Community College, recently provided an overview of using the CellPodium & Beacon application tools for hazardous materials events.
The new MWC Messenger newsletter was launched in June 2021. This monthly electronic newsletter contains the latest news and updates from the consortium, upcoming events and deadline reminders, curriculum updates, and the latest news from NIEHS and various relevant resources. …
The NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) released a new fact sheet on selection and use of portable air cleaners. The fact sheet provides guidance to help employers, building operators, and union officials select and use portable air cleaners to remove …
ERS International has provided members of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) at the Ford Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan with a variety of training programs related to emergencies that may occur at the facility. This includes responses to hazardous materials …
In Occupational Health & Safety, author Devin Partida writes about “Ensuring Transportation Worker Safety During the 2020 Holiday Season“. The article states, “Shipping and retail fulfillment workers have it rough right now. With major supply issues, increasing demand, concerns about …
Cincinnati Interfaith Workers Center (CIWC) trainer and program coordinator Magda Orlander and CIWC Board of Directors Vice Chair Jorge Lopez co-authored the opinion article “COVID-19 protections for workers still sorely lacking” for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Ms. Orlander and Mr. Lopez state, …
MWC Principal Investigator Pete Raynor was quoted in the article “Everything You Wanted to Know About Air Purifiers and Coronavirus” by Hannah Smothers on Vice. Dr. Raynor says, “Reducing the level of virus in the air so that other people in the home are …
An interesting not yet peer -reviewed article by Morris et al. titled “The effect of temperature and humidity on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses” was made available in pre-print form recently. The authors found that SARS-CoV-2 survives …
University of Minnesota trainer Amira Adawe reported that she provided COVID-19 education with a focus on how to protect and prepare family members at two September COVID-19 testing clinics held at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Minneapolis for East …
NIEHS has posted a video and slides from the webinar ‘Training Best Practices in the Time of Covid-19 Webinar Series: In-Person Training Under COVID-19 – Protocols and Practices” from September 18, 2020. MWC PI Pete Raynor was featured on this webinar discussing the …