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  1. Blake on Don’t Let Mold be a Problem on February 14th, 2012 at 10:26 am

    Wow Jonathon, I can’t believe they still have that terrible chemical around our Nation’s children. I knew someone who died of mesothelioma (the cancer from asbestos). I was reading that site and found another astounding article–about how asbestos is still a huge global business because developing countries still import and use it in construction! Fred, your link was also very helpful, especially the recent info about genetic relativity to mesothelioma!

  2. bermanf on Don’t Let Mold be a Problem on February 9th, 2012 at 9:34 am

    Hi Jonathan,

    Molds can be a real problem, as you know, given your experience with allergies. Fortunately, the majority of health problems associated with mold exposure are non-life threatening and can be dealt with through prevention of conditions that allow indoor mold growth, or remediation of the mold problem, and allergy medications when indicated.

    On the subject of asbestos, you can find a lot of really good information about asbestos at our health and safety website, http://www.croetweb.com. Asbestos in schools and other public places can be dealt with effectively so that the risk of exposure is minimized.

    Fred Berman
    Director, CROET Toxicology Information Center

  3. Johnathan Mercer on Don’t Let Mold be a Problem on February 9th, 2012 at 8:17 am

    Mold is such a scary thing. I have a terrible allergy to it, and I am constantly having respiratory issues. Another thing I have been worried about in school is asbestos exposure. I read here that they are finding asbestos in school labs. It is really terrifying for me.

  4. Dede Montgomery on Let’s Get Healthy! partners with Asian Health and Service Center on February 6th, 2012 at 10:20 am

    Thanks for the feedback! Yes, we struggle with too much text, so thanks for the reminder to pay attention to that. We currently have a minimum requirement of one photo per blog, but we’ll try to up that in future blogs. We appreciate your submitting a comment.

  5. articles on Let’s Get Healthy! partners with Asian Health and Service Center on February 6th, 2012 at 12:50 am

    I was curious if you ever thought of changing the structure of your site? Its very well written; I love what youve got to say. But maybe you could a little more in the way of content so people could connect with it better. Youve got an awful lot of text for only having 1 or 2 images. Maybe you could space it out better?

  6. live on CROET Profile: Desire Tshala-Katumbay on January 30th, 2012 at 3:34 am

    thank you

  7. Fishing on Research to Practice: Oregon Commercial Crab Fishing Safety Assessment on January 8th, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Well done!

  8. Dede Montgomery on CROETweb.com: A New Look on January 6th, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    A little history shared with us by Sandy Grossman, the original creator of CROETweb, CROETweb was actually started in about 1996 and preceded Google, as she used Altavista, Lycos, Webcrawler, Magellan and Yahoo.

  9. Cristie Selvaggi on CROET Symposia: What next? on December 26th, 2011 at 5:33 am

    very good post, i actually love this web site, keep on it

  10. Best hair straightner on Formaldehyde in Hair Smoothing Products: Let’s put it to bed on December 24th, 2011 at 9:07 am

    to promote health and prevent disease and disability nice initiative introduced.thanks

  11. Doctor Education and job requirements on Law Enforcement, Corrections and Health on December 23rd, 2011 at 4:46 am

    These well elaborated article indeed. I am impressed with the post.

  12. Used Cars Bay Area on Law Enforcement, Corrections and Health on December 23rd, 2011 at 4:09 am

    This is a very good topic to put our attention on. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder has become a big concern for many of us. In today’s world we see that most of the people are suffering from depression problems. If it leads to PTSD, this may become very dangerous and needs an early treatment.
    I’m curious to know more on this problem, so please keep posting… Thank you!

  13. London Airport Cars on Law Enforcement, Corrections and Health on December 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 am

    Hello Steve, you are right even I am as curious as you are regarding the similarities and difference between the law enforcement occupation and the demobilized soldiers. I think with the soldiers they experience post traumatic stress disorder due to the constant struggle in their battlefield like the bombardments, death of their friends and so on….

  14. Steve Hecker on Law Enforcement, Corrections and Health on December 21st, 2011 at 11:23 am

    I’m curious as to similarities and differences between the law enforcement occupations and demobilized soldiers in terms of psychological effects of constant hypervigilance on the “non-work” part of life. Clearly there’s a chronological difference when the job is a career of 25 or more years versus a one-year deployment followed by return to civilian life. This is a huge issue for the VA in its attempts to identify soldiers with adjustment problems and offer treatment and services.

  15. kinerase on Still Talking About Bed Bugs on December 21st, 2011 at 12:26 am

    Amazing aewsome article ..I am highly impressed with your thoughts and will definately look forword to add read more about yours idea !!
    thanks for sharing .

  16. Dede Montgomery on Looking Ahead to GOSH 2013 on December 5th, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Thanks, Scott. Announcements will be sent to those who have RSVP’d today or tomorrow. The first of the 2013 GOSH program planning meetings will take place at the AGC (Associated General Contractors) Office in Wilsonville on December 14 from noon to 3 pm.

  17. Scott Gunderson on Looking Ahead to GOSH 2013 on December 2nd, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    I see the 12/14 date for the planning meeting, but time and location? I recall seeing this on ASSE CWC web or hearing about at a recent meeting, but I can’t find. Thanks much.

  18. Adam Lipus on Oregon OSHA and CROET win Spotlight Award on November 18th, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    Nice work Dede et al.!

  19. Katie Wilkes on Oregon OSHA and CROET win Spotlight Award on November 17th, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    congratulations!

  20. uppa baby vista stroller on Oregon Healthy Workforce Center is Funded! on November 2nd, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    Thanks for the update. Oregon Health and Science University is very highly recommended!

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  21. Dede Montgomery on Looking for a Career: How about industrial hygiene? on October 26th, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Thanks for the feedback, Sean. Yes, the proposal for termination of the NIOSH funded ERCs is very concerning. Many of the attendees at the conference noted above, including myself, were recipients of this funding. It is difficult to imagine replacing all those who will retire, not to mention filling new opportunities, without such a program.

  22. Sean Schmidt on Looking for a Career: How about industrial hygiene? on October 26th, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    This is a fantastic post. Describing IH in a way that is understandable, appealing – and hopefully inspiring – to future professionals is key.

    The National Assessment finding is particularly concerning given that the NIOSH Funded ERCs, like the NWCOHS, have been proposed for termination by the Obama Administration because they have succeeded in their initial objective of training professionals in the field. Clearly, future demands for IH and other OHS professionals only promise to increase in the future so along with inspiring new generations of professionals, we need to assure the funding is available to train them and offer continuing education in the field.

  23. Dede Montgomery on Keeping Young Workers Safe: What are we missing? on October 7th, 2011 at 3:49 pm

    That’s a great idea, Tawyna. Please do share ideas of where else to link this blog for other responses, or feel free to share it yourself.

  24. Tawnya Swanson on Keeping Young Workers Safe: What are we missing? on October 7th, 2011 at 2:49 pm

    Excellent questions. Have you posted links to this blog to a wider external audience? I’d love to see the responses.

  25. Lisa Marriott on Let’s Get Healthy! partners with Asian Health and Service Center on September 13th, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    Hi Mike, thanks for the feedback. I’m glad to hear that these types of events can be helpful to you and your family. We’ve noticed a lot of people are doing the same thing. It makes us happy to be able to help.

  26. Mike on Let’s Get Healthy! partners with Asian Health and Service Center on September 13th, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    Thank you! . After losing our health insurance we started taking advantage of the free health fairs in our area. It doesn’t fix the long term issues going on but it has been a great help to our family.

  27. Dede Montgomery on Keeping Young Workers Safe: What are we missing? on September 2nd, 2011 at 10:42 am

    Thanks, Jenny. Yes, important work also being done by the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley (http://www.lohp.org/projects/youngworker.html).

  28. Jenny Houlroyd on Keeping Young Workers Safe: What are we missing? on September 2nd, 2011 at 9:26 am

    Great article! And thanks for the link over. We really are only trying to follow the lead that you and groups such as UC Berkley and Diane Bush have provided.

  29. Health Online on Welcome on August 24th, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Thanks for sharing it.

  30. Dede Montgomery on Summer Interns on August 17th, 2011 at 10:34 am

    See who these interns are and their respective labs: http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/croet/outreach/awards.cfm