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Washington – NIOSH on Feb. 13 issued several fact sheets on preventing injuries among home health care workers.

The dust resulting from processing nanomaterials may be much more explosive than combustible dust created by processing conventional materials, according to a study published online in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, a journal from the American Chemical Society.

Missoula, MT – Air pollution may cause brain changes similar to Alzheimer’s disease among children and young adults, according to a new study by researchers in Mexico and the United States.

Washington – The Department of Transportation’s proposed fiscal year 2013 budget announced Feb. 13, includes increases for several safety-related agencies.

Whenever I write about Office of Management and Budget reviews for potential standards, I say it’s a process that “typically” takes 90 days. But that process has become anything but typical in light of OMB’s yearlong review of OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Standard.

Baltimore – Additional research should be conducted on motor vehicle deaths among American Indian and Alaskan Native populations – which have the highest death rates of any race or ethnic group in the United States – according to a study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.

Washington – Safety concerns about a provision in a proposed House transportation spending bill that would have increased the weight and size limits for trucks on interstates led the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to amend the provision by first requiring a three-year study.

Washington – Congress passed a budget bill on Feb. 3 that will provide the Federal Aviation Administration with funding for new aviation and pilot safety initiatives.

Philadelphia – Multiple passengers can influence teen drivers before collisions and are associated with factors that contribute to risky driving behavior, according to two studies from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance.

Atlanta – Nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population consumes too much sodium, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.