November 2007
Vol 15, No. 2

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Letter from the Editor
News from the IOHA Board
7th IOHA International Scientific ConferenceNews from Member Associations
News from ICOH
News from WHO
News from ILO
News from the European Union
Contributions from Readers__ _____________________________________________

Letter from the Editor
Dear Colleagues,
As you may see in this issue, there is p rogress everywherein our field; however, I bel ieve that more efforts should bemade by all of us in further disseminating the importance ofoccupational hygiene. Amazingly, there are still so many
one-sided efforts, where investigators thoroughly study thehealth effects on individuals but go blank when asked
about what was done to cha nge the workplaces thatcaused the problems. How can this still happen? Whereand how have we failed in making ou r profession better
understood?
I believe that indivi dua l efforts in promoting occupational
hygiene through lectures, interviews, articles anddiscussions are still nee ded so, ple ase, think about how
you may contribute, wherever you are.
On a positive note, I am very happy to announce that the“WHO Global Plan of Action for Workers' Health 20082017”, that strongly empha sizes primary prevention, wasapproved by the World Hea lth Assembly, in Geneva, in
May 2007.
Occupational hygiene is the sci ence of primary prevention
and the numerous references, in the WHO Plan, to theneed of giving priority to primary prevention a re “music tomy ears”. This is excellent; the recognition and acceptanceby in ternational organizations of the nee d for primaryprevention is already a large step because it will (hopefully)
influence decision-makers, in different countries, toconsiderthisessential
a spect more
carefully.
Nevertheless, what will really make a difference forworkers’ health is its implementation and th is depends on

all o f us in every part of the world. We need more training,
more applied research on practical control solutions andmore individual commitment to good occupational hygiene
practice.
There is still a wide gap, not only between knowled ge andapplication, but also between regulations and effective
interventions. Even when adequate laws, regulations andstandards are adopted at the n ational level, a huge step
still remains and that is to translate them into effective
action at the workplace level . The work by the Global
Network of WHO Collaborating Centres for Occupational
Health is key to bridge these g aps as it ai ms at translating
the guidance from international organizations into actual
action. Guidance and joint efforts by different agencies,
institutions and professional associations are important but
the work does not stop there; we also have to act
individually.
During a recent conference, one field occupational hygiene
practitioner asked me “how can these plans byinternational organi zations and associations impact andhelp me in what I do?” Well, developing and gathering
information, elaborating strategies and policies, developing
and posting educa tional materials are necessa ry, but theindividual professionals who ne ed the information must
look for i t. A document on the Internet has no use until it isaccessed, studied and used as a basis for action.
Therefore, locate the WHO CC in your country and interact
with it, send the link of this Newsletter to your colleagues,browse through the sites of all credible o rgan izatio ns andassociations in our field and look for the information that
may be useful to you in your everyday practice . The IOHA
Website has a wealth of information as well as links toother important sites, such as those of the WHO, the ILO
and many very active national institutions. Although there ismore info rmation in English, much is also available i n otherlanguages such as French, Spanish an d Portuguese . One
recent initiative by the Global Network o f WHO
Collaborating Centres is the GeoLibrary; look for it in theInternet (http://www.geolibrary.org/) and, not only make useof the available information, but also suggest new
additions.
Yo u may write to me to ask specifically a bout sources of
information and I will be happy to send you a list. I am
saying this because, during a recent meeting, I was
dismayed to hea r from many participants that they did notknow tha t essential sources of information, such as
INCHEM and the ILO Enclyclopa edi a, were available
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of information, but a lot is already available, free of charge,
without being used by all who may benefit from it.

suggestions fo r improvement. Your feedback is extremely
valuable.

Still con cerning WHO, I am very unhappy to announce thatDr Gerry Eijkemans will leave WHO/HQ, Geneva, to take apost with PAHO in Me xico . Like Alice Hamilton, al so aphysician, Gerry strongly believes that primary prevention,
hence occup ational hygiene, is indispensable for theprotection of workers’ health. I take this opportunity to
express my ap preciation and tha t of many o ther colleagues
around the world for the wonderful support that she has
given to our field at all times. We all wish her great successin her new post and, of course, we will continue tocollaborate and fight together for workers’ health wherever
she is.

To finalize, I would like to remind you of the 7th IOHA
International Scientific Conference to be held in Taipei,
Taiwan , from 18 to 22 February 2008. I hope that many ofyou will attend and contribute to make it another great
success for IOHA.
As this is the last Newsletter this year, I take theopportunity to wish you all and your families a very Happy
Holiday Season and a New Year full of joy and fulfilment.
Best greetings to all

Berenice Goelzer
bere nice@goelzer.net

I would like to thank all colleagu es that sent materials forthis Newsletter and, once more , ask for comments andNews from the IOHA Board
Report from the meeting of the IOHA Board - 22 September 2007
Sent by Pamela Blythe, Executive Secretary, pamela.blythe@ioha.net
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The meeting commenced at 10 am and was chaired
by Rob Ferrie (IOHA President) and attended byrepresentatives of ACGIH, AIHA, the British,
Canadian, Fre nch, German, Italian, Southe rn Africanand Swiss organisations, with Pamela Blythe from theSecretariat in attendance and Domenica Cavallo from
Italy as an observer. Apologies for absence and proxyvotes had been received from the organisa tions inAustralia, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, JAWE,
Malaysia, Norway and Taiwan.
The Bo ard decide d that a report from each Board
Meeting should be mad e available to the membership,
and this is the first such report.
Because ofconfidentiality/timing issues, the report will n ot provide
information on all items discussed.
7th IOHA Conference, 18-22 February 2008, Taiwan:
The closing date for submission of abstracts; theBoard is expecting imminent delivery of an updated
reportfrom theOrganisers
regardingthearrangements for this conference.
8th IOHA Conference, 28 September-2 October 2010,
Rome, Italy: Plann ing is at an ea rly stage, and reports
on progress will be provided to each future meeting of
the Board.

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9th IOHA Conference, February 2 012, Malaysia: The
Board confirmed that it would grant the Ma laysian
Association’s request to host this conference.

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2012 will also be the 25 an niversary of IOHA, so theBoard has p ut the beginnings of a plan i n place toconsider how to mark that milestone in the
Association’s history.

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The Board regularly mo nitors the Newsletter andactively encourages member organisations tocontribute regular articles.

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A sub-group of the Communications Committee isconsidering a full review of the website , which is likely
to include re-design costs.

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As a result of previ ous discussions, Rob Ferrie (South
Africa) had drafted a Country Profile as an example,
which was presented to the meeting for consideration.
The Board agreed that all member organisations
should compile one for their own country for
publication in the Newsletter and/or on the website.

10. IOHA’s membership drive continues with active
discussions taking pla ce with the Ko rean Society ofOccupational & Environmental Hygiene, andindividuals in Indonesia and Spain regarding thepossible formation of Societies there.
11. The regular report on activities of the National
Accreditation Recognition Committee was discussed.
Mr Grumbles (AIHA) will stand down as Chair of thisCommittee in February and be replaced in that role by
one of the existing members of the Committee.
12. IOHA became a Company Limited by Guarantee
under English law on 30 July 2007, which limits theliability of the member org anisation s of IOHA to £10each. The Board agreed a date (15 Octo ber 2007)
when the assets and liabilities of the unincorporated
body would be transferred to the new incorporated one
and passed resolutions necessary for the banking
arrangements.
Procedures by which the new
Company will be managed are being d rafted forapproval by the Board. The Board now wishes toapply for Registered Charity status in the UK too. A
progress report will be made to the next meeting of theBoard.

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13. IOHA has agreed to organise a session at ICOH 2009
in Cape Town, and is also in discussions with IEA
about the possibility of organising a session at its 2009conference in Beijing, China.
IOHA has a
Memorandum of Understanding with both ICOH and
IEA.
14. IOHA continues to be active with bo th ILO and WHO ina number of areas.
15. The outline Strategy for the period 2007-2010
presented at the June 0 7 meeting in Philadelphia had
been expanded and was agreed by the Board. A copyof this is now available from the website.
16. The Board receives reg ula r reports on the Global
Industrial Hygiene Training Initiative through Noel
Tresider (Australia), and regular workshops are held atmember organisations conferences (the next one

being at the AIOH Conference in December in
Melbourne, Australia).
17. Discussions have been he ld with the International
Network of Safety and Health Practitioner
Organisations (INSHPO) about co-operation oninternational issu es of mutual interest. The current andpossible future role of INSHPO is not entirely clear at
this stage but contact will be maintained as
appropriate.
18. The Board is conside ring a position statement on
REACH and the role of the occupational hygienist in
the Regulation.
19. The meeting closed at 5.35pm. The next meeting of
the Bo ard will be held on 16/17 February 20 08 in
Taiwan .

Facts about IOHA
sent by Rob Ferrie, IOHA President, rob.ferrie@nioh.nhls.ac.za

IOHA wa s formed in 1987 as an association of national
occupational hygiene organisations. There are currently 26
members organisations representing 24 countries and over
20 000 occupational hygienists.

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American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists (ACGIH)
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH)
Belgian Society for Occupational Hygiene
Brazilian Associati on of Occupational Hygienists(ABHO)
British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
Canadian Registration Board of Occupational
Hygienists (CRBOH)
Colombian Association of Occupational Hygiene(ACHO)
Dutch Occupational Hygiene Society (NVvA)
French Occupational Hygiene Society (FOHS)
Finnish Occupational Hygiene Society (STHS)
German Society for Occupational Hygiene (DGAH )
Hong
Kong
InstituteofOccupational
andEnvironmental Hygiene (HKIOEH)
Italian Occupational Hygiene Association (AIIH)
Japan Occupational Hygiene Association (JOHA)Japan
Associationfor
Working Environment
Measurement (JAWE)
Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association (MIHA)
Mexican Industrial Hygiene Association (AMHI)
New Zealand Occupational Hygiene Society (NZOHS)Norwe gian Occupational Hygiene Association (NYF)
Occupational Hygiene Society of Ireland (OHSI)
Polish Association of Industrial Hygienists (PTHP)
Southern African In sti tute for Occupational Hygiene(SAIOH)
SwedishAssociationofOccupational
andEnvironmental Hygiene (SYMF)
SwissSocietyfor
Occupational
Hygiene(SGAH/SSHT)
Taiwan Occupational Hygiene Association (TOHA)IOHA has a permanent secretariat (at BOHS in the UK)
and an Executive Committee consisting of a President, aPresident-Elect,aPast-Presi den t
andaSecretary/Treasurer. Currently these po sition s are filled by
Rob Ferrie (S Africa), Tom Grumbles (USA), Tai Wa Tsin
(Hong Kong) and CC Chen (Taiwan).
Each member association designates one person to serveon the Board (IOHA does not place a time limit on thisposition and prefers a long-term ap poi ntment). We hold two
Board Meetings a year and an International Scientific
Conference every 2-3 yea rs with Taiwan planned for
February 2008, Italy for 2010 and Malaysia or Canada for
2012.
The IOHA provide s the occupational hygiene profession
with an international voice through its recognition as a nongovernmental organisation (NGO) by the ILO (International
Labour Organisation) and the WHO (World HealthOrganisation). IOHA is working (via ILO & WHO) to raise
the profile of occupational hygiene worldwide and to showthat we can offer a cost-effe ctive way to reduce the burdenof illness and dise ase in workpla ces around the world.
IOHA also co-operates with the work of other internationalorganisations such as ICOH (International Commission on
Occupational Health) and IEA (International Ergonomics
Association).
Our objectives are:•to promote and develop occupational hygiene
throughout the world;•
to promote the e xchan ge of occup ational hygiene
information among organisations and individuals;•
to encourage the further development of occupational
hygiene at a professional level; and•to maintain and promote a high stan dard of ethicalpractice in occupational hygiene.
IOHA is very resource-constrained; we have very limited
finances and manpower. However, we do believe that
IOHA does provide considerable value by encouraging anddeveloping international consensus on key occupational
hygiene issues.

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The Board is currently finalising IOHA’ s strategy until 2010
and detai ls of tha t will be published in a forthcomi ng issueof the IOHA Newsletter.
IOHA is concerned that th ere appears to be a perception in
the developed worl d that occupational health and safetyissues have largely been beaten. Th e demand forundergraduate studies in occupation al health i s diminishingand several universities have stopped offe ring courses. At
the same time, perhaps due to globalization and the exportof “dirty” industries, the occupatio nal health challenges
facing the Third World are increasing rapidly.
The green coloured areas on the map show those withmember organisations of IOHA. As you will see, there arestill very many areas of the world where occupational
hygiene is not recognised or organised. It is in these same
areas where there is the greatest need for effective andprofessional occupational health services.

If the occupational hygiene community does not begin toaddress this challenge then other p rofessions will step into
the gap.

7 th IOHA International Scientific Conference
Welcome Message
from PJ Tsai, President of the Taiwan Occupational Hygiene Association (TOHA)
Yo u are cordially i nvited to participate in the 7t h IOHA
International Scientific Confere nce, 18-22 February
2008, Taipei, Taiwan, the home of world tallest building,
Taipei 101.

working environment. The format of the conference is a mixof plenary and workshop sessions alongside with many
exciting social events in order to provide a unique
opportunity for networking and business development.

On behalf of the Taiwan Occupational Hygiene
Association, it gives me great pleasure to extend ourinvitation to you to give us the opp ortunity to show oursincere ho spital ity and wa rm welcome to visiting friends
from all over the world.

To-date, response from friends in this field has been
tremendous. For further information about the conference,
please visit our web site or contact us directly. The website
address is:With a wide variety of local, Asian and international experts
to address the issu es of the most newly developed
knowledge and successful experience in the occupational
health and safety field, the 7th IOHA Inte rnational Scientific
Conference would prove to be of enormous value to local,
regional and multi-national industries to improve their

http://www.come2meet.com/ioha2008/index.html.
We look forward to seeing you in Taipei!
With warmest regards,
Perng-Jy (PJ) Tsai, Ph. D.

News from Member Associations
From ACGIH – USA

FOHS Announces Its 2006 Worldwide Outreach Program Grant Recipientsand Call for 2007 Applications
Se nt by Anthony Rizzuto, CAE, trizzuto@acgih.org
Cincinnati, Ohio — J uly 11, 2007 — The Foundation for
Occupational Health and Safet y (FOHS) is pleased toannounce its Worldwi de Outreach Program grant recipientsfor 2006. The Worldwide Outreach Program’s mission is tosupport the professional d evelopme nt of occupational andenvironmental health and safety (OEHS) throughout theworld. By providing cooperative financial and technicalsupporttoenhanceorgani zations
emphasizing
occupational hygiene training and educa tion, FOHS forges
toward achieving this mi ssion. The Worldwi de Outreach
Program grant was established to address the needs ofeducational organizations in developing countries__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________IOHA Newsletter, Vol 15 No. 2, November 2007

Page 4 of 12throughout the world. This new program was pledged in
2004 with seed money from the YIHWAG Family
Foundation of up to $15,000 over a pe riod of five years.
Anyone interested in making a contribution to this program
can do so by sending a check or money order to the FOHSWorldwide Outreach Program at the address above.
Contributions
can
also
be
made
onl ineathttps://www.fohs.org/form.htm. Contributions to FOHS aretax deductible, as provided by law.
The two reci pients sele cted to receive a Worldwide
Outreach Program Grant were:Institute of Science, Technology & Research, Gujarat,
India
The Institute offers the MIHS Program in collaboration withfaculty from the Environmental and Industrial Hygiene
Program at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Institute has requested eq uipment, reference books
and student membe rships in support of i ts initiative toenhance and update its MIHS Laboratory and Library.

Malaysian Industrial Hygiene Association (MIHA),
Ampang, Selangor DE, Malaysia
The MIHA organizes courses to further educate andenhance the technical knowledge of Industrial Hygienists in
Malaysia. Th e grant will fund textb ooks for an Indoor Air
Quality Assessor course in support of the recently
introduced Indoor Air Quality Code of Practice in Malaysia.
FOHS’s Worldwide Outreach Program benefits OEHS
programs worldwide . Qualifying educational, professionaland non-government org anization s and/or collaborating
centers may apply for con sideration to receive a Worldwide
Outreach Program grant ranging between $1,000 and$2,000. Applications are now bei ng accepte d for the 2007
Worldwide Outreach Program Grant Award . Those seeking
to further the goals of the Worl d Health Organization(WHO) Collaborati ng Centers for Occupationa l Health’s
2006–2010 Work Plan are encouraged to apply.
Visit the FOHS website for Grant Proposal Guidelines andto complete the Grant Proposal Form onl ine or mail or email the completed fo rm to the ACGIH® International
Committee at: mail@acgih.org
FOHS has an alliance with ACGIH ®.

From AIHA – USAInternational Affiliate Membership Sponsors
Sent by Tom Grumbles, Tom.Grumbles@us.sasol.com
In March 200 7 the membership of AIHA appro ved a bylaws
amendment that created a new “international affiliate”
membership category. This ca tegory of membership isapplicable to individuals who resi de in, and are citizens of,countries classified by the World Bank as low, lower-middle
or upper-middle i ncome economies, and who are practicing
occupational and environmental health and safety.
The new membership ca tegory not onl y helps AIHA toexpand its reach, but also reflects th e true altruistic spirit of
AIHA.
The dues for this membership category, currently set at$44 US per yea r, are one-quarter of the full me mber dues

and entitle international affili ate members to electronic-onlyaccess to AIHA products and services.
AIHA i s pleased to announce that so far they haveinternational affiliate members from the following countries:
Argentina, Brazil, China, Columbia, India, Indonesia,
Jamaica, Ke nya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Ni geri a, Oman,
Panama, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
If you are interested in sponsoring anyone to become an
International Affiliate Member or know of anyone who
needs to be put in touch with a sponsor to join AIHA in thismembership category, please contact Mili Ma vely at
mmavely@aiha.org.

AIHA Signs Official IAAC MOU
Sent by Tom Grumbles, Tom.Grumbles@us.sasol.com
The Inter-American Accreditati on Cooperation (IAAC)
voted to accept AIHA as a full memb er at the IAAC General
Assembly held in Ottawa, CN on August 17, 2007. Cheryl
Morto n, AIHA’s Director of Labora tory Quality Assurance
Programs, si gned the official IAAC Memorandum ofUnderstanding on be hal f of AIHA at a ceremony that washeld that evening. Formed in 1 996 in Uruguay (andincorporated in Mexico), IAAC is an organization formed topromote cooperation among accreditation bodies in Northand South America. IAAC also evaluates and recognizes
the competence of accreditation bodies and was formallyrecognized as a regional cooperative body b y theInternational Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC)
in November 2006. As a full membe r, AIHA can seek
formal recogniti on by IAAC and if gra nted, AIHA-accredited
laboratories would have international status – a goal thatwas established by the Board. More information about
IAAC can be found at http://iaac.org.mx/English/Index.htm.
For mo re information about AIHA’s accreditation programs,
please go to www.aih alqap.org or contact Che ryl O. Morton
at (703) 846-0789 or cmorton@aiha.org.

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Report on the Developing World Outreach Initiative of the Northern California Section of
the American Industrial Hygiene Association (given to the AIHA International Affairs
Committee at AIHCE, Philadelphia, PA, June 4, 2007)
Sent by Garrett Brown, gdbrown@igc.org
In March 2006, the Northern Californi a Section of AIHA,
under the leadership of Local Section President Rich Hirsh,
began work on establishing a “Developing World Outreach
Initiative” (DWOI). The goal of this effort is to address thelack of adequate industrial hygiene resources for workers
and health a nd safety professionals in developing countries
by connecting the technical expertise and humanresources of the Local Section wi th those who need themin the developing world.
The target audience for the DWOI’s activities is defined as
non-governmental organiza tions (NGOs) – principally
occupational safety and health associations; universities;
and worker and community-base d organizations – which
do not have the resources and connections thatgovernment agencies and employers enjoy even in thedeveloping world. The goal of the DWOI committee is tobuild the capacity of NGOs in developing cou ntries throughmobilizing the resources of the Lo cal Section and other
AIHA members to provide informa tion, technicalassistance, educational materials, and financial support forsmall OHS projects to be conducted by the local NGOs.
In March 200 7, the DWOI committee was publicly launchedat the dinner meeting of the Northern California Local
Section. In its first 15 months of existence the DWOI
committee has registered several accomplishments:•

Fund-raising: $2,000 was raised for the Malaysian
Industrial Hygiene Associa tion, channelled through the
ACGIH’s Foundation for Occupational Health and
Safety (FOHS). The DWOI-FOHS grant will be used
for purchasing and distributing technical referencematerials on indoor air quality issues.

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Website information resource: a DWOI web pagehas been established on the Local Section’s website to
make available links to OHS websites; topic-specifictechnical information of key haza rds in the developingworld; examples of written safety programs; and Local
Section members’ training curriculum, lecture outlines
and power point presentations o n a variety of OHS
topics.

•Collection and cataloguing of donated reference
books: several hundred key reference books andother teaching materials (including industrial hygiene
equipment) has been collected and catalogued. Local
NGOs in the developing world, especial ly universities
in Africa, will be offered their pick of the donatedmaterials and the DWOI committee has raised morethan $600 to ship the materials.

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Formal partnership with Asian NGO network: In
December 2006, the DWOI committee establish ed apartnership with the Asia n Network for the Rights ofOccupational Accident Victims (ANROAV), a networkof 2 3 grassroots organizations in 12 Asian countries(see appendix below). Several areas of collaboration
between ANROAV member orga nizati ons and the

DWOI committee have been identified a nd are alreadyin motion:
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DWOI committee members will attend the ANROAV
annual conference in Hong Kong in August 2007;
DWOI committee members will work with the Center
for Occupational and Environmental Health at UC
Berkeley to provide self-funded OHS students for
short-term, on-site workplace health and safety
projects with ANROAV member organizations;
DWOI committee members will coordinate with
Local Sectio n members who regularly travel to Asia
for bu siness to contact ANROAV member
organizations to provide “mini-workshops” or on-site
technical assistance by the Local Section members
while they are in-country;
DWOI committee members will provide information,technical assistance and mentoring from Northern
California on specific issues or hazards being
addressed by ANROAV member groups;
DWOI committee members will raise money forspecific, small (under $300) OHS projects conductedin Asia by ANROAV member organizations.

The DWOI committee has four sub-committees, including a
Liaison Committee to coordinate the partnership withANROAV; a Request & Response Committee to provide
books and eq uipment to NGOs in the developing world
who have requested assistance; a Resources & Website
Committee to update an d maintain the informational
resources available on the DWOI page of the Local
Section’s website; and a Publicit y & Fundraising
Committee to write articles for the Local Section newsletter
and The Synergist, and to solicit funds for future activities.
One key goal is to encourage other AIHA Local Sections toestablish committees like the DWOI to expand theexpertise and resources available to organizations in thedeveloping world from AIHA me mbers throughout North
America. The Northern Cal ifornia Section would bedelighted to coordinate the work of its DWOI Committeewith that of similar committees in other Local Sections.
The contact info rmation for key DWOI committee members
is as follows:
DWOI Committee coordinator Natalia Varshavski:
NVAR@chevron.com
Liaison Committee chair Garrett Brown: gdbrown@igc.org
Request & Response Committee chair Mike Horowitz:
MHorowitz@dir.ca.gov
Resources & Website Committee chair Rachel Jones:
rmjones@berkley.edu
Publicity & Fundraising Committee chair Rich Hirsh:
RHirsh@rohmhaas.com
The list of ANROAV member organizations can be found at
the following link:
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From JAWE – Japan

Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement (JAWE)
Sent by Masay oshi Karasa wa , Special Adviser of JAWE, m_karasawa@bcsa.or.jp
The Japan Asso ciation for Working Environment
Measurement held the Ordinary General Meeting of the
fiscal year 2007, on 24 May 2007, in Tokyo, with theobjective of approving the business report and theaccounting report for the fiscal ye ar 200 6, as well as the
JAWE programme and the budget fo r the fiscal year 2007,
incorporating a General Accuracy Co ntrol Project,conducted independently by JAWE a nd others, with regard
to the Working Environment Measurement. More than 650
full members, including the ones who entrusted the proxyvote to the Chairman, attended the meeting.

2 . Conducted an advanced training co urse for Evaluationof Asbestos in Bulk Materials, such as construction
materials, with 115 participants (see photo below).

Mr. Kizoh Hirayama(left)
presenting the opening address
as the Chairman of JAWE
3. Conducted the new accuracy control project by crosscheck of both airborne b lin d samples and bulk blindsamples (such as construction materials containing
asbestos), with 350 participants
In his opening address, Mr. Kizoh Hirayama (Managing
Director, General Manager, Personnel & Labour Relations
Division, Nippon Steel Corporati on), Chairman of JAWE,
stated that the analytical method for asbestos co ntent inbulk samples, mainly for construction materials, developed
independently by JAWE, usi ng X- ray diffraction (XRD) anddispersion stain ing microscopy (DSM), was improve d by
the Japa nese Industrial Standards Committee an d adopted
as the “Japanese Industrial Standard - Determination ofasbestos in building material products, JIS A 1481:2006”,
on 25 March 2006.
Since this meth od cannot be applied to mineral products
made from minerals as natural resources a nd containing
asbestos as impurities, the Ministry of Health, Labour andWelfare, Japan, en trusted JAWE to de velop a new
analytical method to control these a sbestos impurities and
JAWE organized “the Experts Committee for thedevelopment of analytical methods of asbestos content formineral products as natural resources”. In August 2006,
this Committee developed the new analytical method
employing an X-ray diffraction (XRD) method and adispersion staining microscopy (DS M) method, which canbe applied to some mineral products in order to cope withthe lower cut-off value of 0.1% in weight. These new
analytical methods were adopted by the Circular
No.0828001 (August 200 6) by the Director o f the Chemical
Hazards Control Division, Industrial Safety an d Health
Department, Labour Standards Bureau, Mi nistry of Health,Labour and Welfare.
Moreove r, Mr. Hirayama explained that, i n the fiscal year
2006, JAWE:
1 . Under the trust of the Ministry of Heal th, Labour andWelfare, Japan, trained 650 Licensed Industrial
Hygienists in the fiel d of Working Environment
measurement or o ther competent analytical specialists(about 80% increase compared with l ast year) as well
as seven governmen tal officers from Prefectural
Labour Bureaus, in charge of asbestos problems

4 . Published, on 21 May 2007, the “Handbook for Risk
Assessment and Risk Management of Chemical
Substances and other environmental factors”(presenting material compiled by JAWE, for the last
four years), which consists of three volumes and 1280
pages,
andcove rsthefollowing
topics:Comprehensive control and management of chemical
substances and other environmental factors, bycompanies and organizations, Eval uation of hazards ofchemical substance s and other environmental factors,
Monitoring and evaluation of exposure to chemical
substances as well a s other environmental factors,
Evaluation of risk with regard to chemical substancesand o ther environmental factors, Eli minati on, reduction
and/or control of risks with regard to chemical
substances and other environmental factors,
Epidemiological Study and Evaluation of Health
Hazards due to ch emica l substances and otherenvironmental factors, Control of residual risks withregardtochemical
substances
and
other
environmental factors, Health surve ill ance, Risk
communication, Response to Emergency with regard
to chemical substances and other environmental
factors, Related medical sciences, Public health andOccupational he alth, Technical counte rmeasures for
improvement of environment, Case studies andExercises. Further details on the areas covered, as
well as subjects and items in the curriculum can beobtained from the author of this article.
In addition, in the business programme of JAWE i n the fiscal
year 2007, the following projects are incorporated, namely:A.

A New Gen eral Accuracy Control Project (tosucceed the Unified Accuracy Control Project
which had been conducted for abou t the past ten
years)

B.

an advanced train ing course for Evaluation ofasbestos in Bulk Materials, as well as an accuracy
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before,C. a New Continuing Education Trai ning Course,
using “Handbook for Risk Asses sment andRisk Management of Chemical Substances andother Environmental Factors”, as a trial, forlicensed Occupational/Industrial Hygienists in thefield of Working Environment Measure ment andother equal or higher competent persons, which
will be developed, in future, into a new certification
system
for
the
title
of
“Professional
Occupational/Industrial Hygienist”, specialized in
the field of risk assessment and risk managementof chemical substances and other environmental
factors.

According to a recent press release by the Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfare, in Japan, the number ofvictims of occupational diseases due to exposure toasbestos, who were compensated by the Workers'
Compensation Insurance Act, i n the fiscal year 2006,
reached 1796 (790 cases of lung cancer and 1006 cases ofmesothelioma), and the number of vi cti ms wh o werecompensated by “the Law concerning the relief of healthdamages du e to asbestos” reached 841 (272 cases o f lungcancer, 569 cases of mesothel ioma). So, the asbestos
problem is still one o f the most serious social problems inJapan.
In response to the rece nt problems with regard to Safety
and Health in Japan, as me ntioned above, we, JAWE
would like to contribute to improvement of environment, asmuch as possible.

News from ICOH
As we know, the International Commission on
Occupational Health (ICOH) held in Mila n, in June 2006, itsthth
28 interna tional congress cel ebrated its 100 year. It is
important to announce that the proceeding is available
online, with abstracts from lecture and posters (579 pages
at:http://ems.cilea.it/archive/00000554/01/BOOK_OF_ABSTR
ACTS.pdf
Once more we mu st congratulate ICOH on this extremely
valuable initiative for sharing knowledge. Man y papers
mention the importance of occupational hygiene.

News from WHO
WHO Global Plan of Action for Workers' Health 20082017
The global plan of actio n on workers' health has beendeveloped as a follow up to the WHO Global Strategy for
Occupational Health for All. It takes a public healthperspective in addressing the d iffe rent aspects of workers'
health, including primary prevention of occupational risks,
protection and promotion of health at work, work-relatedsocial determinants of health, and improving theperformance of health systems.
The following statement should be emphasized, a s it isvery relevant to occupational hygiene practice:“The present plan of action deals with all aspects ofworkers’ he alth, including primary preven tion ofoccupational hazards, protection and promotion of health atwork, employment conditi ons, and a better response fromhealth systems to workers’ hea lth. It is underpinned bycertain common principles. All workers should be able toenjoy the highest attainable standa rd of physical andmental health and favourable working conditions. The
workplace should not be detrimental to health and wellbeing. Primary prevention of occupational healthhazards should be given priority. All components ofhealth systems should be invol ved in an integrated
response to the specific heal th needs of working
populations. The workplace can also serve as a setting fordelivery of other essential pub lic-health interventions, andfor health promotion. Activities related to workers’ healthshould be planned, implemented and evaluated with a viewto reducing inequalities in workers’ health within andbetween countries. Workers and employers and theirrepresentatives should also participate in such activities.”
In particular, this plan recommends a number of actions to
be taken by the Membe r States and by WHO with thefollowing objectives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

to de vise and imple ment policy instrumen ts on
workers’ healthto protect and promote health at the workplace
to improve the performance of and access to
occupational health services
to provide and communicate eviden ce for action
and practice
to incorporate workers’ health into other policies

Item 13. under Objective 2, is particularly relevant tooccupational hygie ne, as it specifically menti ons primaryprevention of occupational hazards, diseases and injuries;
it reads as follows:“Capacities should be built for primary prevention ofoccupational haza rds, diseases and injuries, including
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resources, training of workers and employers, introductionof healthy work practices and work organization, and of ahealth p romoting culture at th e workplace. Mechanisms
need to be established to stimulate the development ofhealthy workplaces, including consultation with, andparticipation of workers, and employers.”

On 23 May 2007, the world Health Assembly appro ved thisPlan through a Reso lution (both the Resolution and thePlan are available online in full, at:
http://www.wh o.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA60/A60_R26en.pdf)“Collaborating Centre Connection”
The most recent issue of the e-newsletter of the WHO
Global Ne twork of Coll aborating Centres (CCs) in
Occupational Health – the “Collaborating Centre
Connection”, which was mentioned in our last Newsletter,has a very important message from Dr. Maria Neira,Director, Pub lic Health and Environment, World HealthOrganization.
The Occupational Health Programme is under Public
Health and Envi ronment Division, and this message
demonstrates the impo rtance given by WHO to our field, as
well as to the CC Network, in which IOHA has been very
active.
As a reminder, the “Collaborating Centre Connection” isavailable at:
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/CCC/CCCnewsV1N1.html
and a message from Dr Neira is reproduced here:
Dear colleagues,
I am very pleased to add ress this message to you,members of the Network of Collaboratin g Centres, whichhave been making a substantial contribution to our goal of“occupational health for all.”An excellent example of the synergy that exists between
the WHO worke rs’ health programme and the CC Network
members has been the development of the Global Plan of
Action on Workers He alth (2008-2017). I am extremely
pleased to announce that the Global Plan of Action and its
Resolution were endo rsed on the 22nd of May 2007 at theWorld Health Assembly in Geneva. The overwhelming
support from the Member States, the internatio nal NGOs,
the ILO, the Trade Unions, and Employers for the Global
Plan ha s been heart-warming. And, of cou rse, the role of
the Collaborating Centres has been fundamental in
shaping the plan and will be fu ndamental in its
implementation.
The WHO CC meeting that was held exactly one year ago
in Stresa again demonstrated the commitment of all theCentres, and we are looking forward to working wi th you.
Yo u are the “on-the-ground” actors, with capacities andnetworks in develo ped and developing cou ntries, and you
play a key role in supporti ng capacity building at country
level.
We are grateful to all of those working on projects within
the Network and look forward to your continued successand the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to
improve the health of workers all over the world. Workers
Health is a great resolutionW let's make sure that in ten
years we will have the health of the workers at the highest
possible level!

Activities under the WHO Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health
Sent by Gerry Eijkemans, Occupational Health Programme, WHO, eijkemansg@who.int
The concept of occupatio nal risk management tools has
been included in the WHO Glo bal Plan of Action on
Workers Health, which has been endorsed by the World
Health Assembly in May 2007. This g ives a strong politicalsupport fo r the further development and impl ementa tion of
the toolkits in all countries.
Control Banding
Control Banding was i ntroduced b y WHO and discussed inmeetings in Chin a and Arab States o n “Basic Occupational
Health Services”, and i s considered as an importantcomponent for the implementation of such services.
Elimination of Silicosis
In July 2007, four parallel meetings were organized in
Santiago d e Chile by the Chilean government (Insti tuto de
Salud Publica, Ministry of Health), within th e framework of
the effort towards Elimination of Silicosis in the Americas,
namely:•B-reader training (X-ray course to diagnose silicosisorganized by the ILO)•
Laboratory training (dust laboratory, supported by
NIOSH)••

Control Banding meeting (supported by WHO andNIOSH)
2nd Regional Meeting on th e Elimination of Silicosis(organized by WHO, in coordination with ILO)

These meetings were a joint effort among the local hosts,
Ministry of Health, Instituto de Salud Publica, WHO HQ and
PAHO, ILO and NIOSH.
nd

The 2 Regional meeting on the elimination of silicosis
This meeting - organized by WHO (HQ and PAHO), withsupport from the ILO, NIOSH and the local hosts - brought
together participants from Mexi co, Peru, Brazil, Argentina
and the host country, Chile. Besides occupational healthprofessionals, represe ntatives of employers and worker
also participated. The invitation letters to countries weresigned jointly by the Minister of Health and the Minister ofLabour.
The meeting was op ened by the Ministers of Health andLabour; both emphasized the importa nce of joint work anda National Plan to Eliminate Silicosis. In the opening,
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(Sameera al Tuwaijri, Director SafeWork) were also at thetable.
The participants developed a plan with concrete activities,building on the outcome s of the 1st Regional Pla n Meeting(September 2005). The 2007 meeting identified andincluded in the plan th e strengths of all participating
countries, with a view to strengthening inter-country
cooperation.

leadership of this Plan will lay with the countries; Brazil andChile will play a key role. Impressive progress has been
made by Ch ile and Brazil on elimination of silicosis, but all
participating countries showed a strong interest to be
involved in the process.
The regional approach, bringing together countries with acertain level of capacity and keen interest in the eliminationof si licosis, seems to be promising, and could be replicatedin other regions. This will place the GPES in a fast-track.

Chile and Brazil will play a key role in promoting theRegional Plan. In contrast with other reg ion al initiatives, theNews from the ILO
Sent by Igor Fedotov, ILO, fedotov@ilo.org
The ILO and WHO have released the document “Outline
for the development of national programmes for eliminationof a sbestos-related diseases”. The document is a formal
publication of the International Labour Office (ILO) and the
WHO Secretariat. It is designed to a ssist countries inbuilding evidence, making strategic decisions andestablishing n ational programmes for elimina tion ofasbestos-related diseases (NPEAD). This document is thetool provided by IL O and WHO to their member States tofollow-up the implementation of the ILO 2006 Resolution on
Asbestos and the global campa ign mandated in paragraph
10 of the WHO Global Plan of Action on Workers' health2008-2017.
The document ca n be consulted and downloaded from theILO SafeWork website at:

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/os
hworld/news/asb-outline.htm
and from the WHO occupational health website at:
http://www.wh o.int/occupational_health/publications/elimas
bestos/en/index.html
The Outline for deve lop ment of national programmes(NPEAD) should be used in conjunction the ILO 2006
Resolution on Asbestos (available online at:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/health/index.htm) and with the technical position of WHO
Secretariat on elimination of asbestos-related diseases:
http://www.wh o.int/occupational_health/publications/asbestos
relateddisease/en/index.html

News from the European Union
Sent by Joanna Kosk-Bienko, kosk@osha.europa.eu
Expert forecast on Emerging Biological Risks related
to Occupational Safety and Health
The seco nd report from the series of European Risk
Observatory publications, presenting new and emerging(both new a nd in creasing) risks, has been released. Thispublication presents the findings of the experts’ survey inrelation to biological risks. The conclusions of the experts
are supported by the literature review.
This report presents workpla ce risks related to global
epidemics, workers’ exposure to antimicrobial-resistantpathogens and exposure to endotoxins and moulds, as wellas biological risks related to management of solid waste.
Difficulties in assessing risks resulting from exposure tobiological risks are also described.
The report can be found at the Agency’s web page:
http://osha.europa.eu/publications/reports/7606488 .

It is accompanied by Fact sheet 68 at:
http://osha.europa.eu/publications/factsheets/68.
This report has been the basis for the workshop“Occupational risks from biological agents: Facing up to thechallenges”, with parti cipants from EU institutions andresearch centres, representing the fields of occupationalsafety and health, public health and environmental health.
The conclusions of the discussions will be published as a
Forum later this year.
Biological risks and pandemics report
To develop the theme of workplace exposure to biologicalrisks, the Agency has commissioned the report “Biologicalrisks and Pandemics” that will present occupational risks
resulting from exposure to selected new and emerging
biological risks, risks of pandemic, as well as risks by someagents that can be used for biological warfare.
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will be illustrated by a sele cti on o f case studies. The reportwill be published in 2008.
Occupational skin diseases and dermal exposure
Occupational skin disea ses constitute a significant
proportion of all occupational d iseases. They have been
identified as one of the new and emerging risks by experts
analysing biological and chemical risks.
A report on occupational skin diseases and dermal
exposure is being prepared to be published at the en d ofthis year. This report will cover types o f occupational skindiseases and the hazardous workplace ag ents that may
cause them; it will also p resent an overview of the policies
and practices from most of the European Union countries,
aiming at controlling of the risk. In Appendix 1, theconcerned sectors and occupations are presented,
together with hazards and selected control methods.
Occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances
The issue has been identified as an “emerging risk”. The
latest research indicates that workplace exposure tocarcinogenic substances is the cause of significant
mortality: up to 15% of a ll deaths are caused by cancers
that could be attributed to work.
The Agency is preparing a report on occupational exposure
to carcinogenic substances to be published in 2008. In thisreport, the latest research will be presented. The European
and national legislative approaches to the issue will beillustrated by e xampl es of national practices and casestudies. The report wil l also present national methods used
for establishing occupational exposure levels for
carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances.
EW 2007 - MSDs
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a subject of the2007 European campaign, which aims at promoti ng an
integrated management approach to tackl e MSDs including
their prevention, as well as the retention, rehabilitation andreintegration of workers already suffering from these
conditions.
The “Lighten the load” campaign, which is an opportunity tomake Europe's workplaces safer and healthier byimproving MSDs’ prevention and management at theworkplace level, involves employers, workers, workers'
safety representatives, practitione rs, preventive services,
policy makers and other stakeholders. The campaign
culminates with the European Week of Safe ty and Healthat Work, from 22 to 26 October 2007.
More information about the campaign and associatedactivities at the European and national level can be found
at: http://ew2007.osha.europa.eu/

Contributions from Readers
Information on on-going Research and Publications from the
Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute (IRSST), Canada
Sent by Maura Tomi, mautom@irsst.qc.ca
Cancers and firemen - literature reviews
The Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute(IRSST) published 4 reviews of the scientific literature
concerning the fireman profession and the risk ofdeveloping certain cancers, namely colorectal cancer, theleukaemia, the Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, the multiple
myeloma, the cancer of respira tory system, oesophagus,
stomach, pancreas, prostate, testicles and skin.
The documents can be downloaded free of charge from:http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/_projet_3368.html
Guide on respiratory protection against bioaerosols
The Occu pational Health and Safety Research Institute's(IRSST) published the English version of its Guide on
respiratory protection against bioaerosols*.
There is growing interest in the risks of expo sure to
infectious bioaerosols for everyone who has a role to playin occupational hea lth and safety (OHS). Selecting andusing respiratory protection are some of the key decisions
in cases of exposure to diseases such as severe acuterespiratory syndrome (SARS), tuberculosis, avia n or pig flu
and anthrax. Th e objective of th is d ocume nt is to guide in
the selection of respirators against bioaerosols inhazardous situations for workers in different sectors,
including hospitals, household waste sorting centres,

wastewa ter tre atment cen tres, agriculture, food andbeverage processing.
The document includes a brief description of respirators, airfiltration mechanisms and the assigned protection factors
for respirators, as well as information on their fi t, seal andcare. Respiratory protection requirements for infectious andnon-infectious bioaerosols are also presented. At the endof the document there are a few examples on the choice
and use of respirators for various work situations. The
appendices contain a decision tree for selecting a
respirator against bioaerosols, as well the current
standards and regulations.
* Lavoie, Jacques; Cloutier, Yves; Lara, Jaime; Marchand,
Geneviève - Guide on respiratory protection against
bioaerosols - Recommendations on its selection and use,
Studies a nd Research Proje cts / Technical Guide RG-501,
Montreal, IRSST, 2007, 40 pages
The document is available for free download:
http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/_publicationirsst_100294.html
Work Involving Varied Tasks – an Ergonomic Process
for MSD P revention
The Occupational Health and Safety Institute (IRSST)
published a new guide: “Work Involving Varied Tasks - An
Ergonomic Process for MSD Prevention”.

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Long-cycle varied tasks might cause musculoskeletal
disorders (MSDs). The IRSST publication provides
guidance for studying such work situations using anergonomic analysis process, presents the context ofapplication of this process, explains each of the steps in
the wo rk analysis an d p roposes that companies assess
their intervention.
The guide is intended fo r ergonomists responsible for work
analysis. It can also be used by business and healthcare
network stakeholders and by decision-makers who might
be involved in an intervention.
Each stage of the analysis process is described in one of
the sections of Chapter 2. At the beginning of each of these
sections, a synoptic table of th e stage is proposed,
including the goals pursued, the action plan and the knowhow. Th e explanations concerning the process areorganized according to the goals pursued in each stage.
The attainment of these goals depends on theimplementation of th e proposed action plan. In order tomaterialize the action plan and assist in i ts implementation,
the guide pro vides ergonomists with know-how ari sing fromIRSST’s experience in companies.
Ergonomists canadapt this know-h ow to the context of thei r own
interventions to obtain the expected results.
The know-how is presented in boxes, beginning with thetools speci fic to the proce ss, which were valid ated during
the research projects. These also serve as il lustrations todemonstrate how th e tools can b e used. Their complete
versions are found in the “To ols” section at the end of the
document. The know-how is al so presented less formallythrough lists of criteria to assist in decision-making, quickreferences, questions and examples deri ved from the
IRSST practice.
The guide can be downloaded free of charge from:http://www.irsst.qc.ca/files/documents/pubIRSST/RG483.pdf

the chemical substance exposure situations most likely tocause health effects.
Many situations where the results were more than twice thestandard were identified, for exa mple:•
fibres in machinery and equipment industries;•
triglycidyl isocyanurate and oligomers of HDI in thecustom coating of metal products industry;•
beryllium in the industrial inorganic chemical industry;•
lead in the other non-ferrous metal smelting andrefining industries;•
hardwood and softwood dust in forestry services.
The report is available for free download:
http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/_publicationirsst_100296.html*Ostiguy, Claude; Fournier, Mathieu; Petitjean-Roget,
Thierry; Lesage, Jacques; Lajoie, Alain - Results of thechemical analyses produced at the IRSST for 2001-2005,
Studies and Research Projects / Report R-504, Montréal,
IRSST, 2007, 50 pages
Prevention of Occupational Mental Health Problems
The preven tion of occupationa l mental health pro blems is
an important issue since 30.8% of Canadians workers
declare that most of thei r working days are considerably or
extre mely stressful.
The IRSST published a study, which demonstrates that theinterventions targeting the reduction of the risks at thesource tend to decrease the constraints of the working
environment. The researcher and his team have developed
a process consisting of three phases: diagnosis,
intervention and evaluation. Having completed the firstphase, they will now collaborate with organizations toestablish a structured program wi th three objectives:
creating a diagnostic tool that they will be able to use
directly; documenting and improving the steps inpreventing occupational men tal health problems;developing a strategic preventio n process. With thissecond phase, research tools necessary for organizations
can be simplified, a psychosocio-organizational model ofthe process can be validated, efficiency indicators for theinterventions can be esta bli shed and their implementation
process can be documented, and a strategic process foroccupational menta l healthcanbedeveloped.
Organizations will thus have prevention tools that they will
be able to use autonomously.

Results of the chemical analyses produced at the
IRSST for 2001-2005
The English version of this Report, published by the
IRSST*, presents a detailed po rtrait of the highest
concentrations of pollutants in Quebec companies by
examining about 224,000 results of environmental
analyses carried ou t in his laboratories between 2001 and2005. These air samples were collected mainly by
The report (French only) is available for free download at:practitioners from health and social services agencies,
http://www.irsst.qc.ca/fr/_publicationirsst_100307.html
local community services centers (CLSC), the CSST andjoint sector-based associations. The interpretation of theresults made it possible to determine, by industrial class,_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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