Today's Date: Shop online at the ACGIH® Online Publications Store, with downloadable TLVs®/BEIs® Documentation! Don't forget our clearance page! Register for events, and apply for membership. Renew your membership online. ACGIH® Presents Demonstrating the Value Of Your EH&S Program in Tough Economic Times Webinar – June 17, 2009      With the gravity of our current economic forecast and the growing number of layoffs announced daily from organizations both large and small, it is important to demonstrate the financial importance of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) to upper management. Whether you have a large corporate program, a small department, or a single hygienist or technician, you can demonstrate the value of your efforts to eliminate hazards and minimize risks using financial analysis tools such as Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), and Payback Period, as well as other non-financial measures of the impact on business processes and objectives. This webinar will demonstrate tools to help the EH&S professional validate the worth of their program and help those who are already doing so by serving as an important benchmark in the process. For more information and to register for this exciting event, click here. Posted May 5, 2009 2009 TLVs® and BEIs® Book, Guide to Occupational Exposure Values, and 2009 Supplement Now Available!      The 2009 editions of the TLVs® and BEIs® Book, the Guide to Occupational Exposure Values, and the 2009 Supplement are now available. Order your copies today! Posted March 27, 2009 ACGIH® Honors Its 2009 Award Recipients      ACGIH® is pleased to announce its 2009 Award recipients. Each year, ACGIH® honors individuals and/or groups who have made significant contributions to the profession through their leadership and dedication. Click here for a listing of the 2009 Awardees. Posted March 10, 2009 Seventeen ACGIH® Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications Monographs Now Available!      Seventeen monographs from the future ACGIH® Signature Publication — Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications — have been added to the ACGIH® Online Publications Store. Topics include: Aerosol Sampler Calibration; Air Sampling and Program Development for Occupational Hygiene Interventions in Developing Countries; Air Sampling Pumps and Accessories; Ambient Air Quality Monitoring and Community Air Sampling; Confined Space Testing; Denuder Systems and Diffusion Batteries; Direct-Reading Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for Occupational and Environmental Air Monitoring; Direct-Reading Instruments for Analyzing Airborne Particles; Impactors, Cyclones, and Other Particle Collectors; Indoor Air Quality; Measurement and Presentation of Aerosol Size Distributions; Microscopic Analysis of Airborne Particles and Fibers; Nanoparticles and Ultrafine Aerosol Measurements; Particle Size-Selective Sampling; Performance Standards and Criteria for Air Sampling and Monitoring Instruments; Sampling for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Agents during Emergency Response to Mass Destructive Attacks, Terrorism, and Chemical Disasters; and Sampling for Ducts and Stacks. Click here to get your copy today! Updated May 1, 2009 ACGIH® Board Ratifies 2009 TLVs® and BEIs®      The ACGIH® Board of Directors ratified the 2009 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®) on November 9, November 24 and December 12, 2008. The Board also approved recommendations for additions to the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC). For a listing of the substances that were acted upon, click here. The complete Annual Reports are online at the ACGIH® Online Publications Store. To view Press Release, click here. Posted January 30, 2009 FOHS Announces Creation of the "Sustainable TLV®/BEI® Fund"      The Foundation for Occupational Health and Safety (FOHS) is pleased to announce the creation of a new fund – the "Sustainable TLV®/BEI® Fund (the Fund)." The core purpose of the Fund is to develop sustainable financial support to ensure the continued development of TLVs® and BEIs®. To view the Foundation press release, click here. Posted December 8, 2008 ACGIH® Webinar CD-ROMs      Information from ACGIH®'s extremely popular Webinars is now available for purchase in a CD-ROM format. These Webinars entitled, ACGIH® Heat Stress and Strain TLV®: Information for 2006, Biological Hazards in the Workplace: Defining Endotoxins, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs): Controlling Exposure Using Biological Monitoring, Pandemic Influenza: Minimizing Risk and Preparing for the Possibilities, ACGIH® TLVs®: Practical Applications in the Workplace, Biomonitoring: Development and Practical Application of Guidance Values, Nanotechnology Health and Safety: Case Studies in the Occupational Setting, Control Banding: Uses and Misuses, TLVs® and Adjustments due to Worker Conditions, TLVs® and Adjustments due to Workplace Conditions and Managing Energy in Ventilation Systems: Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) provide timely, topical information on subjects important to occupational and environmental health professionals. Tests are also available for those interested in earning continuing education credit. Visit the Distance Learning category in the ACGIH® Publications Store at http://www.acgih.org/store to order these informative Webinar CDs and tests, or contact our Customer Service Representatives by phone (513-742-2020), fax (513-742-3355) or email (customerservice@acgih.org). Updated January 30, 2009 Judge Rules In Favor of ACGIH® in IBSA/NMA Lawsuit      In a summary judgment ruling issued on May 6, 2008, a federal judge in the United States District Court in Macon, Georgia dismissed the last of four counts in a lawsuit against ACGIH® initiated by the International Brominated Solvents Association (IBSA), National Mining Association (NMA), and other plaintiffs. Three counts had been previously dismissed in March, 2005. The remaining count against ACGIH® for violations of Georgia's Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), O.C.G.A. §10-1-372, was dismissed by Judge Hugh Lawson in a ruling that represents a major victory for ACGIH® and, particularly, the occupational and environmental health community. To view the press release and court order, click here. Posted May 12, 2008