3159.0 Do 'Green Jobs' Equal Safe Jobs?

Monday, October 29, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Moderator:
Elise Pechter, MPH CIH

10:30am
Pilot investigation of California e-waste recycling facilities: Potential hazards and practical solutions
Cora Hoover, MD, MPH, Dennis Shusterman, MD, MPH and Jennifer McNary, MPH, CIH
10:50am
Risk Communication Strategies for the Recycling Industry
Jenny Leigh Houlroyd, MSPH, Art Wickman, MS, CIH, Kristen Butler, MPH, Hilarie Warren, MPH, Robert Hendry, Vicki Ainslie and Michelle L. Dunham, MSPH, MSM
     
11:10am
Environmental regulations as they apply to material recovery facilities
Jo Anna Shimek, PhD, CIH, CSP
     
11:30am
Workers' Voices: A Case Study of a Multi-Organizational Approach to Improving Hazards in the Recycling Industry
Andrea Nicholls, MPH, Linda Delp, PhD, MPH and Shirley Alvarado-Del Aguila

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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