Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #117672

Eileen Senn, MS, CIH, Work Environment Council, PO Box 1, Trenton, NJ 08625 and Peter Dooley, MS, CIH, CSP, Consultant, 6301 Zeeb Rd, Dexter, MI 48130, 313 426 3662, klarapete@aol.com.

Industrial Hygiene standards have often been used as the rationale for not implementing control methods for workplace health hazards. Most IH samples do not detect "overexposures" resulting in a 'clean bill of health". This often discounts worker concerns about serious health risks from potential exposures.This presentation will question current technology of assessing occupational health hazards and discuss alternative means to evaluate worksite health hazards.Alternative approaches can better protect,educate and empower workers and management to improve workplace conditions.

Learning Objectives: "At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

• Priortize the methods of qualitative Industrial Hygiene tools,
• Identify the common shortfalls of sampling strategies.

Keywords: Health Risks, Occupational Health

Recorded presentation