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• Acoustiblok, Inc. Combines Sound Abatement and Insulation Materials at Broward County Waste to Energy Plant to Reduce Industrial Noise Pollution

  - 2009-06-12

  TAMPA, Fla., June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Public awareness of the health risks of industry-related noise pollution has never been higher. Industrial plants worldwide are incorporating serious sound abatement strategies into their infrastructure to protect employees and visitors from hearing loss and other medical issues raised by industrial noise...

• Waste watching

  - 2009-06-08

  THERE are very few directors in Hollywood--below the Steven Spielberg league, that is--who can make absolutely any film they want. Consider Ron Howard and Steven Soderbergh, for instance, both wildly successful moviemakers by any standard. The two have taken different paths to fame and fortune--Howard as an insider's insider, a...

• AIR brings cat expertise to the masses

  - 2009-06-01

  One refrain that is almost universal among risk managers is the fact that insurers rarely understand--or at least rarely acknowledge via premium rates-their organizations' unique risks. But in many cases, these same risk managers themselves fail to fully understand the nuts and bolts of the key operational factors that pose...

• Research and Markets Offers Report on 'Abacavir - Pipeline Selector'

  - 2009-05-30

  Wireless News05-30-2009Research and Markets Offers Report on 'Abacavir - Pipeline Selector'Type: NewsResearch and Markets has announced the addition of the "Abacavir - Pipeline Selector" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: Abacavir - Pipeline Developer Indications: In combination with other antiretroviral...

• Riders on the storm.

  - 2009-05-21

  Byline: Marion Ware The group risk market has so far weathered the economic storm which bodes well for the UK protection insurance market this year and beyond The financial sector has changed a lot over the past couple of years...

• Risk assessment course.(Continuing Education for Chemical Professionals)

  - 2009-05-01

  The Chemical Institute of Canada CIC and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering CSChE are presenting a two-day course designed to enhance the knowledge and working experience of safety, environmental and process safety professionals. This course is geared to those whose responsibilities include: risk assessment, development...

• AIR Offers New Catastrophe Risk Engineering Service for Industrial and Energy Facilities

  - 2009-04-21

  ORLANDO, Fla. & BOSTON -- AIR Worldwide Corporation AIR today announced a new service for the evaluation of catastrophe risk to industrial and energy facilities including offshore platforms...

• Safety/Security and Training: Recommendations for Safe Baggage Handling.(Product Profile Story)

  - 2009-04-01

  Safety/Security and Training: Recommendations for Safe Baggage Handling By Chris Barringer, head of transportation section, Health & Safety Executive Recently published reports revealed suggested methods for the manual loading of bags into narrow-bodied aircraft. Musculoskeletal...

• Top Blue Chip Companies Refuse to Fund Cancer Risk Study.(Report)

  - 2009-03-04

  LONDON, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Britain's top component companies are refusing to spend less than a cost of a couple of pints of lager per employee for new research that could highlight the cancer risks in their industry. The...

• Race and risk management

  - 2009-03-01

  A "legacy of homogeneity and exclusion"? ("The Complexities of Complexion," November 2008) How insulting! This implies the false insinuation and accusation that there has been a systematic attempt to keep minorities out of the risk and insurance field, which is completely wrong and laughable. Based on what? I personally deal...