The United States Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food safety,tobacco products,caffeine products,dietary supplements,prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs (medications),vaccines,biopharmaceuticals,blood transfusions,medical devices,electromagnetic radiation emitting devices (ERED),cosmetics,animal foods &feed and veterinary products.
Formaldehyde is a naturally occurring organic compound with the formula CH2O and structure H−CHO. The pure compound is a pungent,colourless gas that polymerises spontaneously into paraformaldehyde,hence it is stored as an aqueous solution (formalin),which is also used to store animal specimens. It is the simplest of the aldehydes and one of the simplest of the carbohydrates. The common name of this substance comes from its similarity and relation to formic acid.
Markham is a city and a south suburb of Chicago in Cook County,Illinois,United States. The population was 11,661 at the 2020 census.
Anthony Jay Robbins is an American author,coach,speaker,and philanthropist. He is known for his infomercials,seminars,and self-help books including the books Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within.
Agriculture is a major industry in the United States,which is a net exporter of food. As of the 2017 census of agriculture,there were 2.04 million farms,covering an area of 900 million acres (1,400,000 sq mi),an average of 441 acres per farm.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is a UK government agency responsible for the encouragement,regulation and enforcement of workplace health,safety and welfare,and for research into occupational risks in Great Britain. It is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom with its headquarters in Bootle,England. In Northern Ireland,these duties lie with the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. The HSE was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974,and has since absorbed earlier regulatory bodies such as the Factory Inspectorate and the Railway Inspectorate though the Railway Inspectorate was transferred to the Office of Rail and Road in April 2006. The HSE is sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions. As part of its work,HSE investigates industrial accidents,small and large,including major incidents such as the explosion and fire at Buncefield in 2005. Though it formerly reported to the Health and Safety Commission,on 1 April 2008,the two bodies merged.
Contamination is the presence of a constituent,impurity,or some other undesirable element that spoils,corrupts,infects,makes unfit,or makes inferior a material,physical body,natural environment,workplace,etc.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Despite its name,it is not part of the National Institutes of Health. Its current director is John Howard.
Construction site safety is an aspect of construction-related activities concerned with protecting construction site workers and others from death,injury,disease or other health-related risks. Construction is an often hazardous,predominantly land-based activity where site workers may be exposed to various risks,some of which remain unrecognized. Site risks can include working at height,moving machinery and materials,power tools and electrical equipment,hazardous substances,plus the effects of excessive noise,dust and vibration. The leading causes of construction site fatalities are falls,electrocutions,crush injuries,and caught-between injuries.
McKesson Corporation is an American company distributing pharmaceuticals and providing health information technology,medical supplies,and care management tools. The company delivers a third of all pharmaceuticals used in North America and employs over 78,000 employees. McKesson had revenues of $238.2 billion in its fiscal year ending March 31,2021.
Englewood Health is an acute care 289-bed teaching hospital in Englewood,New Jersey. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog patient safety organization.
Sylvia Jones is a Canadian politician who has served as the deputy premier of Ontario and Ontario minister of health since June 24,2022. Jones sits as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Dufferin—Caledon,representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) party,and has held her seat since she was first elected following the 2007 general election. She joined the provincial cabinet after the PCs formed government in 2018,and has been the minister of tourism,culture and sport,the minister of community safety and correctional services,and the solicitor general of Ontario.
Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) was a national Catholic healthcare system,with headquarters in Englewood,Colorado. CHI was a nonprofit,faith-based health system formed,in 1996,through the consolidation of three Catholic health systems. It was one of the United States' largest healthcare systems. In February 2019,CHI merged with Dignity Health,forming CommonSpirit Health.
Psychiatric Solutions,Inc. was an operator of psychiatric facilities in the United States.
Hierarchy of hazard control is a system used in industry to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazards. It is a widely accepted system promoted by numerous safety organizations. This concept is taught to managers in industry,to be promoted as standard practice in the workplace. It has also been used to inform public policy,in fields such as road safety. Various illustrations are used to depict this system,most commonly a triangle.
Paramount Players is an American film production label of Paramount Pictures,focusing on "contemporary properties" while working with other Paramount Global brands. The name alludes to the company's earliest origins as Famous Players Film Company,before its 1914 founding by William Wadsworth Hodkinson.
Dark Waters is a 2019 American legal thriller film directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan. The story dramatizes Robert Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals. It stars Mark Ruffalo as Bilott,along with Anne Hathaway,Tim Robbins,Bill Camp,Victor Garber,Mare Winningham,William Jackson Harper,and Bill Pullman.
The 2020–21 NBA season was the 75th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA),though the 75th anniversary was not celebrated until the following season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,the regular season was reduced to 72 games for each team,and began on December 22,2020. The season started just 72 days after the completion of the 2020 NBA Finals,the shortest off-season in league history. The 2021 NBA All-Star Game was played on March 7,at State Farm Arena in Atlanta,and was won by Team LeBron,170–150. A play-in tournament for teams ranked 7th through 10th in each conference was held from May 18 to May 21. The playoffs then ran under the standard 16-team playoff format from May 22 to July 20,2021. Due to COVID-19 cross-border restrictions imposed by the Canadian government,the Toronto Raptors played their 2020–21 home games at Amalie Arena in Tampa,Florida.
Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) is a 691-bed non-profit,tertiary research and academic medical center located in Neptune Township,New Jersey,servicing coastal New Jersey and the Central Jersey area. JSUMC is the region’s only university-level academic medical center. The hospital is part of the Hackensack Meridian Health Health System and is the system's second largest hospital. JSUMC is affiliated with the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of Rutgers University,and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University. JSUMC is also an ACS designated level II trauma center with a rooftop helipad handling medevac patients. Attached to the medical center is the K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital that treats infants,children,adolescents,and young adults up to the age of 21. JSUMC is listed as a major teaching and tertiary care hospital and has a staff of 127 interns and residents. It is a member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and Health Systems.
Ocean University Medical Center (OUMC),formerly Ocean Medical Center,is a 318-bed non-profit,short-term acute care teaching hospital located in Brick Township,Ocean County,New Jersey,providing tertiary and healthcare needs for the northern Jersey Shore and Central Jersey.
