Occupational Health Update

Occupational Health Update

Occupational Health Update

MedlinePlus sent this bulletin at 12/12/2013 01:11 PM EST New on the MedlinePlus Occupational Health page:

Workers Need More Protection from Silica Dust, Report Finds

12/10/2013 12:00 PM EST

Risk is greatest for those in construction industry


Source: HealthDay

Many Techniques May Slightly Reduce Sitting Time at Work

12/06/2013 02:08 PM EST

Three different strategies to reduce the amount of time people spend sitting at work seemed effective, in a new study. But in jobs without flexible schedules, they only reduced sitting time by about eight minutes per day.
Source: Reuters Health