2011 news releases on risk topics

European Food Safety Authority Holds Stakeholder Workshop on Draft Guidance for GM Plant Comparators - Webcast Available (3/31/11, EFSA)

Bats Worth Billions to Agriculture: Pest-control Services at Risk (3/31/11, U.S. Geological Survey)

U.S. Earthquake Resilience Needs Strengthening, Says New Report (3/30/11, National Academies); read the full report National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach

OSHA Seeks Applications from Organizations to Offer Online Worker Safety, Health Training Courses (3/29/11, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

UTC Fire & Security Pledges $150,000 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Fire Protection Engineering Laboratory (3/29/11, UTC Fire & Security)

Guidelines for Working with Hazardous Chemicals Released (3/25/11, National Academies); read the full report Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, Revised Edition

A New Era of Challenges, Opportunities for Corps of Engineers (3/25/11, National Academies); read the full report titled National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

NOAA, FDA Continue to Re-test Gulf Seafood and Post Results - Sampling in Last Closed Area Also Underway (3/24/11, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Those Living Along U.S. Coastline Should Always Be Prepared for Tsunamis - National Tsunami Awareness Week: March 20-26 (3/21/11, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Posts Updated Seismic Questions and Answers (PDF version) (3/19/11, NRC)

Resource for the Future Press Book Launch, March 25, 2011: The Reality of Precaution: Risk Regulation in the United States and Europe (PDF version) (3/18/11, Resource for the Future); this book, edited by Jonathan B. Wiener, Michael D. Rogers, James K. Hammitt, and Peter H. Sand, is available in hardcover or paperback at Amazon.com

Revised: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sends Additional Experts to Assist Japan (PDF version) (3/15/11, NRC); read original version (PDF)

Japanese Government Asks for Assistance with Reactor Events; U.S. Government and NRC Preparing Response (PDF version) (3/14/11, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission); also read NRC Experts Deploy to Japan as Part of U.S. Government Response (PDF, released 3/12/11)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sees No Radiation at Harmful Levels Reaching U.S. from Damaged Japanese Nuclear Power Plants (PDF version) (3/13/11, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission)