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This 1975 US Army training film describes a civilian chemical accident response conducted by a Chemical Accident and Incident Control Officer (CAIC...

Anthrax is an acute infectious disease caused by the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax most commonly occurs in wild and domestic ...

This 1965 training film, Magic of Fire (23 minutes), was produced by the US Bureau of Mines. The film deals with fire, its composition, uses and c...

The beginning of this film describes chemical processes occurring during combustion. A fire is fought on the deck of an aircraft carrier. The film ...

The workers in this video suffer from cumulative trauma disorders caused by or made worse by conditions on their jobs. They give voice to the trag...

John Froines PhD is the 2012 Environmental Health Award recipient along with wife Andrea Hricko. Froines, professor at UCLA School of Public Health...

Decontamination is the removal and/or neutralization of hazardous levels of chemical and biological contamination from personnel, material, or the ...

Andrea Hricko MPH is PSR-LA's 2012 Environmental Health Champion Award recipient.

Hricko, professor at the Southern California Environmental Healt...

From the sizzle of the fuse to the boom and burst of colors, this video brings you all of the exciting sights and sounds of Fourth of July firework...

A billion people participate in Earth Day events in 1970, making it the largest secular civic event in the world. Less than a week after he first ...

Vinyl is a synthetic plastic material that has the most uses compared to any other plastic in the world. In 1926, the BF Goodrich Company accidenta...

This film clip shows the manufacture of glass for optical instruments and eyewear used in industry and war. The glass is melted in special pots an...

Welding, cutting, and brazing are hazardous activities that pose a unique combination of both safety and health risks to workers in a wide variety ...

An ignition source is something that can cause a flammable material, such as a paint solvent to ignite. Examples of ignition sources include cigar...

Workers servicing or maintaining machines or equipment may be seriously injured or killed if hazardous energy is not properly controlled. Injuries ...

Many employers today (and in the past) blame workplace accidents on workers rather than look at hazardous job conditions. In the past, based on th...

In this film industrial health hazards, and the illnesses, accidents and deaths caused by them, are treated as both a public health problem and a t...

This 18-minute educational video was produced in 1987 by the Occupational Health Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital, now the Occupational and...

This film tells the story of a dreadful fire that swept through the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in the early morning of Septemb...

This clip from a WWII civil defense film illustrates how a house can be sealed against gas and cautions occupants to go upstairs to escape fumes. ...

In this military film, the use of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroetha­ne) as an insecticide and larvicide is explained. This film is marked by an exu...

In this military training film, the use of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroetha­ne) as an insecticide and larvicide is explained. The first sample of ...

This 20 minute NIOSH video covers hand and wrist disorders, including carpal tunnel syndrome, and the factors contributing to hand stress. It then...

A WWII civil defense training film demonstrating precautions against gas attacks and first aid measures to be used after exposure to gas. Made by ...

This 1938 film, Safety in Woods Work, was made for the US Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the US Department of Agriculture. The film contras...

This 1938 film, Safety on the Job, was made for the US Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the US Department of Agriculture. The film shows exam...

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

ADAO's 8th Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, Asbestos: "An International Public H...

Lead is a heavy, low melting, bluish-gray metal that occurs naturally in the Earth's crust. However, it is rarely found naturally as a metal. It is...

In the spirit of ONE DAY, comes a fresh and warmhearted love story for the 21st century. Sometimes the end is just the beginning . . .

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GOODBYE FOR NOW - published in hardback and ebook on 2nd August 2012

Laurie Frankel heard that when you publish a book you need to get famous peopl...

Dr. Irving J. Selikoff (1915-1992), a New York physician based at Mount Sinai Hospital, was the leading American medical expert on asbestos-related...

This is clipped from the 1982 documentary film - Asbestos : the way to dusty death - by ABC News. It was an updated version of an earlier ABC film...

In 1976, Malcom Wallop, running for election to the Senate from Wyoming, ran this campaign ad, one of the most effective political ads in history. ...

Our son thought the video for Goodbye For Now was hilarious!

This clip is from the end of the 1936 film Work of the Public Health Service, by the US Public Health Service -- the Roll of Honor list of all the...