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A manufacturing facility in Fairbury, NE was recently cited and fined $145,000 for alleged violations of EPA’s Clean Water Act (CWA) according to a press release from EPA Region 7 . In order to be compliant with CWA and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) , facilities are required to have a permit outlining procedures for wastewater handling to minimize and prevent water pollution. In the Fairbury facility case, the following violations were cited: Excessive le …

In 2015, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) passed strict new guidelines on reporting workplace injuries. According to the new regulations that took effect January 1, 2015, all employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of eye to OSHA within 24 hours whereas previously only hospitalizations were required. These injuries can be reported a number of ways: by reporting directly to an OSHA field office, calling a toll free number, or s …

Invented and made in the USA, ECO Funnel is now the standard for handling volatile toxic waste in the laboratory Novato, CA – March 13, 2016 CP Lab Safety ( www.cplabsafety.com) salutes Dr. Ron Najafi, inventor of ECO Funnel®, and celebrates 20 years of environmental activism and stewardship on March 13, 2016. Back in the 1990s, CP Lab Safety founder Dr. Ron Najafi realized that open waste containers and inappropriate chemical waste handling in laboratories were serious health and …

Since 2005, the chemical spill neutralizer Amphomag® has played an integral role in the  MERIT Training Program, a Pennsylvania-based tactical training program for law enforcement. The purpose of MERIT is to give law enforcement professionals the skills to discover and dismantle methamphetamine labs and cleaning up when chemical hazards are present. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, meth labs can range from crude makeshift outfits to  …

Vision plays an important role in our lives. We use it every day from the moment we wake up until we’re ready to sleep. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports: Every day about 2,000 U.S. workers sustain job-related eye injuries that require medical treatment. In recognition of Vision Safety Month, CP Lab Safety would like to reflect on the most common types of eye injuries in the workplace, OSHA requirements for vision safety and the best way to b …