Today's Date: Shop online at the ACGIH® Online Publications Store, with downloadable TLVs®/BEIs® Documentation! Download the 2010 Publications Catalog! Don't forget our clearance page! Register for events, and apply for membership. Renew your membership online. ACGIH® Offers Fall Courses and Webinars      ACGIH® is pleased to again offer our popular courses Fundamentals in Industrial Ventilation and Practical Applications of Useful Equations on September 13-17, 2010. We are also offering two new fall webinars. Thermal Stress: Exploring Common Problems will be held October 27, 2010. Industrial Hygienists' Ethical Dilemmas: Basic Principles and Resolution Strategies takes place on November 16, 2010. All offer ABIH and BCSP continuing education credit and the Ethics Webinar fulfills both the applicant and Diplomat requirement for at least 2 hours of ethics education. For more information, click here. Posted August 26, 2010 ACGIH® Announces Release of Two-Tier Under Study List      ACGIH® has released its 2010 two-tier Under Study list pursuant to changes made to its TLV®/BEI® Development Process in 2006. Tier 1 entries indicate which chemical substances and physical agents may move forward as an NIC or NIE in the upcoming year, based on their status in the development process. Tier 2 consists of those chemical substances and physical agents that will not move forward, but will either remain on or be removed from the Under Study list for the next year. For more information or to view the lists, click here. Posted July 1, 2010 AIHA®/ACGIH® Continue Alliance Discussions       Click here to view the press release. Posted May 19, 2010 2010 TLVs® and BEIs® Book, 2010 TLVs® and BEIs® CD-ROM and Guide to Occupational Exposure Values Now Available!      The 2010 editions of the TLVs® and BEIs® book, 2010 TLVs® and BEIs® CD-ROM,and the Guide to Occupational Exposure Values are now available. The 2010 Supplement is also available. Buy your copies today! Posted May 12, 2010 Now Available – 2010 TLVs® and BEIs® with 7th Edition Documentation, CD-ROM!      ACGIH® is pleased to announce the release of the 2010 edition of this CD-ROM containing two of our most popular reference resources in one product! It contains all of the TLVs® for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and all of the BEIs® (including the Notice of Intended Changes and Appendices) from the 2010 TLVs® and BEIs® with links to each substance or agent's Documentation from the Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices, 7th Ed. – all in searchable PDF format. Available in both single user and network versions. Posted May 12, 2010 ACGIH® Honors Its 2010 Award Recipients      ACGIH® is please to announce its 2010 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 2010 Awardees. Posted May 11, 2010 Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH) Names New Editor in Chief      JOEH, LLC, a partnership of ACGIH® and the American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA®), has appointed Mark Nicas, PhD, MPH, CIH, of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, as editor in chief of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (JOEH). Dr. Nicas will assume his term on July 1, 2010. Click here to view the Press Release. Posted May 11, 2010 ACGIH® Releases 27th Edition of Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design      ACGIH® has just released the new 27th Edition of Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice for Design (the Design Manual). This ACGIH® Signature Publication is an industry standard in industrial ventilation and is one of over 25 titles featured in the ACGIH® Signature Publications Series. Click here to buy your copy today! Posted February 1, 2010 ACGIH® Board Ratifies 2010 TLVs® and BEIs®      The ACGIH® Board of Directors ratified the 2010 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®) on November 30, 2009. 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. Posted February 1, 2010 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, Managing Energy in Ventilation Systems: Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Demonstrating the Value of Your EH&S Program in Tough Economic Times, The EH&S Professional’s Role in Emergency Response and Planning, Ethical EH&S: Effective Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy, Explosive Dusts in Industrial Ventilation Systems, and Derived No Effect Levels (DNELs): What Are They and How Will They Change the Occupational Health (OEL) Landscape? 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 March 4, 2010 22 ACGIH® Air Sampling Technologies: Principles and Applications Monographs Now Available!      Twenty-two 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; An Overview of Air Sampling Methodologies: Instrumentation and Analytical Techniques for Evaluation of Atmospheric Contaminants; Bioaerosol Sampling and Analytical Techniques; Calibration of Gas and Vapor Samplers; 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; Direct-Reading Instruments for Gas and Vapor Detection; 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; Regulation Compliance, Standard Methods and Guidelines for Workplace Air Sampling and Analysis of Chemical Contaminants; 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 December 7, 2009 ACGIH® and AIHA Announce Plans to Develop Strategic Alliance      ACGIH® and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) have announced plans to develop a closer alliance with one another. This proposed alliance is an opportunity for ACGIH® and AIHA to do what each organization does best while cooperating more closely than ever before; it is not a merger, nor is it a move toward unification. For more details, view the press release by clicking here. Posted June 1, 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 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