Occupational Health & Safety

Health matters occuring primarily in the workplace.

Resources in this category:

American Industrial Hygiene Association
http://www.aiha.org/Content

"AIHA is the world's largest association of occupational and environmental health professionals, and its members play an important role on the front line of worker health and safety. AIHA is the most diverse professional association dedicated to the improvement of the health and well-being of workers, the community, and the environment." This site offers membership, contact and meeting information as well as professional development resources and publications.

International Association of Fire Safety Science
http://www.iafss.org/

"The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) was stablished in 1985 at the First International Symposium on Fire Safety Science held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. The Association was founded with the primary objective of encouraging research into the science of preventing and mitigating the adverse effects of fires and of providing a forum for presenting the results of such research. Multi-national work is a major feature of fire safety because similar problems arise internationally due to the fire hazards of modern aterials, configurations, and energy sources. In addition, the fire science ersonnel in most countries are few in number and the resources limited. To achieve progress, there needs to be international collaboration of researchers and practitioners. The International Association for Fire Safety Science perceives its role to lie in the scientific bases for achieving progress in unsolved fire problems. It will seek cooperation with other organizations, be they concerned with application or with the sciences that are fundamental to our interests in fire. It will seek to promote high standards, to ncourage and stimulate scientists to address fire problems, to provide the ecessary scientific foundations and means to facilitate applications aimed at reducing life and property loss." The web site includes information about: officers and the IAFSS Committee, membership information, order proceedings, etc.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

"Human health and human disease result from three interactive elements: environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age. The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate. The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs, prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies that encompass training, education, technology transfer, and community outreach." This site outlines the organization's history, recent publications, research highlights, grants and contracts, and employment and training opportunities.