Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Laws/Consumer Issues and Agencies
- FLMA
- Applies to only certain groups (private employers)
- To be eligible for leave, must be employed for 12 +months
- Employer must give up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave
- EPA
- all Americans are protected from big risks to human health and the environment where they
live, learn and work
- national efforts to reduce environmental risk are based on the best available scientific information;
- federal laws protecting human health and the environment are enforced fairly and effectively;
- OSHA
- Created to protect employees
- Make sure owners of companies are keeping employees safe
- Limits on underage employment
- Posion Control
- The American Association of Poison Control Centers supports the nation’s 55 poison centers in their
efforts to prevent and treat poison exposures
- Poison centers offer free, confidential medical advice 24 hours a day, seven days a week through the
Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222
- This service provides a primary resource for poisoning information and helps reduce costly hospital
visits through in-home treatment.
- PSDS Sheet
- The PSDS App is free and avalible on
all platforms
- Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDSs) are technical documents that
describe the hazardous properties of a human pathogen and
suggestions for work involving these agents in a laboratory
setting