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OSHA Alliances
- OSHA
Alliances with Industry and Trades. OSHA, (2004, November 2). Provides guidance to help them protect
workers' safety and health, particularly in reducing exposure to construction
safety and health hazards. One of the alliance's education goals is to develop
training programs under the broad categories of Training, Hazard Recognition,
Management Systems, and Health Hazards.
Cadmium Production
- Cadmium. US Geological Survey, (2003), 155 KB PDF,
7 pages. Compares estimated cadmium metal production in the United States in
2002 with 2003 and reports production declined by about 4% in 2003 and apparent domestic consumption
declined by about 5% compared with consumption in 2002. Sales from the National
Defense Stockpile, operated by the Defense Logistics Agency of the US Department
of Defense, ceased at the beginning of 2003 owing to depletion of its inventory.
In the United States, only two companies produced cadmium in 2003 - Pasminco
Ltd. produced primary cadmium as a byproduct of the smelting and refining of
zinc concentrates, the International Metals Reclamation Company Inc (INMETCO)
produced secondary cadmium from scrap, almost entirely from spent
nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries.
- Technical Fact Sheet for Cadmium. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (2000,
August), 62 KB PDF,
4 pages. Identifies cadmium as a chemical that may be present in
industrial hazardous wastes. Most cadmium used in the United States is a soft
metal or powder obtained as a by-product from the treatment of copper, lead and
iron ores. Uses for cadmium include: plating metal parts,
plastic stabilizers, fertilizers, batteries. Manufacturers
that may use cadmium include: alloys and fabricated metal parts, plastics, paints and
pigments, fertilizer, chemical reagents and/or intermediates. Several different
alternatives and processes are available to eliminate or reduce the amount of
cadmium used in manufacturing operations.
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