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6 coronavirus health myths, fact checked (Re: CNET)
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Despite what you see online, eating garlic and drinking water can’t protect you from getting infected.
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Second day of boring guns from ironclad Monitor dislodges a potential artifact (Re: Daily Press)
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A long day at the Mariners’ Museum uncovered an artifact from inside of one of the two massive Dahlgren guns that sank with the famed ironclad USS Monitor more than a century-and-a-half ago.
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Optionally-Manned Systems and the Future Naval Force (Re: The Maritime Executive)
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OSHA Sets Focus on Silica Enforcement (Re: EHSToday)
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Dominion sets net-zero carbon goal by 2050 (Re: Virginia Business)
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Siemens is Dominion Energy Inc.’s preferred turbine suppliers for the company’s offshore wind project. Dominion Energy Inc. announced Tuesday a new goal of achieving net-zero carbon dioxide and methane emissions from its electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations by 2050.
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100 Years of Respiratory Protection History (NIOSH)
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In 1919, the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) initiated the first respirator certification program. Several months later, on January 15, 1920, this federal body certified the first respirator. To recognize the important milestones of the past 100 years, this webpage documents a general historical overview of respiratory protection research and the evolution of the certification program as undertaken by the U.S. federal government.
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Counterfeit Respirators / Misrepresentation of NIOSH-Approval (Re: NIOSH)
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When NIOSH becomes aware of counterfeit respirators or those misrepresenting NIOSH approval on the market, we will post them to alert users, purchasers, and manufacturers. View Counterfeit Respirators / Misrepresentations.
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Do Fall Protection Harnesses Have a Defined Expiration Date? (Re: MSA)
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In a recent article, we discussed the “expiration date” for hard hats. Technically, they don’t have a standards-defined EOL (end of life) date or definitive shelf life. After all, we’re not talking about a food item or other perishable.
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Coronavirus could mean fewer ships coming to the Port of Virginia (Re: The Virginian Pilot)
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The deadly outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China is causing a worldwide slowdown in the shipping industry as that country extends its New Year. That could mean fewer ships coming to and from Hampton Roads.
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Lindblad Becomes “First Self-Disinfecting Cruise Fleet” (Re: The Maritime Executive)
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As the ongoing coronavirus epidemic disrupts cruise operations throughout Asia, Lindblad Expeditions, the cruise operator for National Geographic Expeditions, announced Thursday that it has become “the first self-disinfecting fleet in the cruise industry.”