Ga. Publications were judged by the outside scientific review panels on several criteria, including the complexity and originality of the research, the significance of the research for addressing serious or prevalent workplace hazards, and the clarity of the presentation. A list of the winning publications appears on the following pages. N.C. Predicting human effects from animal studies is a standard technique in toxicology, but huge uncertainties remain for most outcomes, including reproductive effects. Pa. Horizontal stress in the ground, resulting from tectonic forces, causes many of the rock fall hazards in coal mines. Stress lines can be predicted and estimated using mathematical techniques, to prevent rock falls and save miners' lives.
Esophageal cancer is one of the cancers whose incidence is rising in North America.
This is the first study to document an association between metalworking fluids and esophageal cancer. The pesticide sulfuryl fluoride is used increasingly for structural fumigation in place of a series of pesticides shown to have adverse human and environmental effects. Studying adverse health effects from pesticides is always complicated because work location and working conditions can change from day to day, among other factors. This is the first paper suggesting that chronic health effects can also result from exposure to this pesticide, and that the pesticide should not be used without due caution. This educational video for use in foundries represents such a product.