Environmental Factor – July 2019: Stress and addiction addressed by Worker Training Program

Interventions to reduce workplace stress and addiction took center stage at the 2019 Worker Training Program (WTP) workshop May 15-16 in Pittsburgh. WTP seeks to

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Environmental Factor – November 2019: Worker Training Program tackles opioid misuse and addiction

The NIEHS Worker Training Program (WTP) has released a course designed to address the immense challenge of opioids in the workplace. Jonathan Rosen, a consultant

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Every daily wager in Odisha wants to be identified as a construction worker

Registrations with the Other Building and Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (OBCWWB) have significantly increased, with almost every daily wager in Odisha now identifying himself/herself as

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Gulf migrant worker returns home from Saudi Arabia’s desert

Namdev Rathod. File Photo | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS As a result of coordinated efforts by the Indian Embassy officials and social workers based in

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Environmental Factor – August 2020: Environmental Career Worker Training Program celebrates 25 years

This year, the NIEHS Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) celebrates 25 years of preparing disadvantaged, underserved people for jobs involving environmental cleanup, construction, hazardous

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Environmental Factor – November 2021: Worker health, safety benefit from strategic partnerships, experts say

“Although partnerships may take various forms, they all require an understanding of expectations and negotiations that result in mutual benefits,” said Beard. (Photo courtesy of

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Environmental Factor – March 2022: Worker safety, environmental justice top priorities of NIEHS program

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) In 2021, Sharon Beard was appointed director of the NIEHS Worker

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Environmental Factor – April 2022: Language justice boosts worker safety, empowers people, experts say

Inclusivity requires greater effort to create multilingual spaces, according to speakers at a March 2 webinar titled “Promoting Environmental and Occupational Public Health Through Language

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Environmental Factor – September 2022: At Brownfields conference, Worker Training grantees discuss Justice40

The National Brownfields Training Conference in Oklahoma City provided an opportunity for the NIEHS Environmental Career Worker Training Program (ECWTP) to showcase its grantees, review

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Environmental Factor – October 2022: PFAS, worker safety, data sharing, and more on tap at Council meeting

Translational, predictive, and strategic were among the words used to describe the latest NIEHS initiatives during the 167th meeting of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences

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