WHWB-US is ending the year in the giving spirit! Our board members have just approved the funding of three Developing World Outreach Initiative (DWOI) global industrial hygiene training courses. These trainings will take place in 2020 in West Bengal, Mozambique, and Bangladesh. We are excited to have the opportunity to support DWOI and their in-countryContinue reading “Funding DWOI Training”
Category Archives: Projects
Sustainable Fashion
In collaboration with Remake and Adalinda, a project was launched to look at worker health and safety together with designers, operating officers, and founders of fashion companies. WHWB-US helped fund the first public forum on sustainable fashion on November 7 in lower Manhattan. The event included about a dozen committed and concerned individuals, mainly fromContinue reading “Sustainable Fashion”
Student Support for IOHA 2018
Congratulations to Aubrey Arain, a doctoral student at the University of Michigan and member of UMIHSA Student Chapter of WHWB-US. Aubrey’s abstract was accepted for presentation at the 11th International Occupational Health Association conference in Washington, DC from September 14-16, 2018. Mrs. Arain was awareded a grant from WHWB-US to present her doctoral dissertation, “ExposureContinue reading “Student Support for IOHA 2018”
Mozambique Training
With a generous grant from Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL), WHWB-US funded a WHWB International OHS Train the Trainer Project at Eduardo Mondaine University in Mozambique. Trainers Steve Thygerson, Custodio Muianga, and Dalila San, all WHWB-US and WHWB International members, provided occupational health and safety training for thirty-six (36) participants. An extra special thank you to Underwriter’s Laboratory; thisContinue reading “Mozambique Training”
Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery
In the fall of 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. Despite the official relief efforts from the United States government, much of the island remained in conditions ranging from poor to desperate in the aftermath of the storm. Dr. Sergio Augusto Caporal Filho, Ph.D., CSP, CIH, Professor and Coordinator of the IndustrialContinue reading “Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery”