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  		• ACGIH - The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH®) is a member-based organization and community of professionals that advances worker health and safety through education and the development and dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge. Examples of this include annual editions of the TLVs® and BEIs® and work practice guides in ACGIH's Signature Publications.
  		• Occupational Safety and Health Administration - OSHA and its state partners have approximately 2100 inspectors, plus complaint discrimination investigators, engineers, physicians, educators, standards writers, and other technical and support personnel spread over more than 200 offices throughout the country. This staff establishes protective standards, enforces those standards, and reaches out to employers and employees through technical assistance and consultation programs.
  		• Environmental Protection Agency - EPA provides leadership in the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. EPA works closely with other federal agencies, state and local governments, and Indian tribes to develop and enforce regulations under existing environmental laws. EPA is responsible for researching and setting national standards for a variety of environmental programs and delegates to states and tribes responsibility for issuing permits, and monitoring and enforcing compliance. Where national standards are not met, EPA can issue sanctions and take other steps to assist the states and tribes in reaching the desired levels of environmental quality. The Agency also works with industries and all levels of government in a wide variety of voluntary pollution prevention programs and energy conservation efforts.
  		• CAIHA - The Chicago Section AIHA is celebrating over 60 years of service to Chicago area health and safety professionals. Members represent an array of industries, government agencies, academia, professional service firms, and providers of goods and equipment.
  		• Board of Certified Safety Professionals - The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) was organized as a peer certification board with the purpose of certifying practitioners in the safety profession. The specific functions of the Board, as outlined in its Charter, are to evaluate the academic and professional experience qualifications of safety professionals, to administer examinations, and to issue certificates of qualification to those professionals who meet the Board's criteria and successfully pass its examinations. BCSP holds national accreditation.
  		• American Society of Safety Engineers - Founded in 1911, ASSE is the oldest and largest professional safety organization. Its more than 30,000 members manage, supervise and consult on safety, health, and environmental issues in industry, insurance, government and education. ASSE is guided by a 16-member Board of Directors, which consists of 8 regional vice presidents; three council vice presidents; Society president, president-elect, senior vice president, vice president of finance and executive director. ASSE has 12 practice specialties, 150 chapters, 56 sections and 64 student sections.
  		• American Industrial Hygienist Association - Occupational health, safety and environmental professionals are concerned primarily with the control of environmental health hazards that arise out of the workplace or the community.

    Founded in 1939, AIHA is a nonprofit organization with more than 75 local sections. AIHA's 12,000 members are highly educated professionals; 96 percent are college graduates, 61 percent hold master's degrees, and 6 percent possess doctoral degrees.

    AIHA is one of the largest international associations serving the needs of occupational and environmental health professionals practicing industrial hygiene in industry, government, labor, academic institutions, and independent organizations.
  		• BEAC - BEAC is an independent, nonprofit corporation established in 1997 to issue professional certifications relating to environmental, health, and safety auditing and other scientific fields. BEAC was originally created as a joint venture between The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) and the Auditing Roundtable (Roundtable).
  		• Center for Disease Control - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.
  		• International OS&H Information Center - The International Labour Organization is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. It was founded in 1919 and is the only surviving major creation of the Treaty of Versailles which brought the League of Nations into being and it became the first specialized agency of the UN in 1946.
  		• National Institutes of Health - Founded in 1887, the National Institutes of Health today is one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the U.S. The NIH, comprised of 27 separate Institutes and Centers, is one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service which, in turn, is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
  		• NIOSH - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury.
    NIOSH is responsible for conducting research on the full scope of occupational disease and injury ranging from lung disease in miners to carpal tunnel syndrome in computer users. In addition to conducting research, NIOSH:
  		• Council for Accreditation in OHC - The Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation's (CAOHC) main objective is to provide education, information and guidance to industry and those serving industry regarding the successful implementation of an occupational hearing conservation program. It seeks to prevent unnecessary hearing loss.
  		• Health Physics Society - The Health Physics Society is a professional organization dedicated to the development, dissemination, and application of both the scientific knowledge of, and the practical means for, radiation protection.

    The objective of the Society is the protection of people and the environment from unnecessary exposure to radiation.
    The Society is thus concerned with understanding, evaluating, and controlling the risks from radiation exposure relative to the benefits derived.
  		• National Safety Council - The National Safety Council, founded in 1913 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1953, is the nation's leading advocate for safety and health. Our mission is "to educate and influence society to adopt safety, health and environmental policies, practices and procedures that prevent and mitigate human suffering and economic losses arising from preventable causes."
  		• Red Cross - The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
  		• World Health Organization - The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
  		• Network of employers for traffic safety - The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) is the only organization dedicated exclusively to traffic safety in the workplace. The NETS mission is to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries within the nation's workforce by developing safety policies, workplace informational and training programs, and corporate community activities. Government and industry leaders created the organization in 1989 to address both the human and economic impact of traffic crashes on the nation's workforce. NETS' programs, resources, and services are designed to reach all employees and their families, whether the employee drives for work or to and from work.
  		• U.S. Chem Safety & Hazard Investigation Board - The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is an independent, scientific investigatory agency, not a regulatory or enforcement body. The CSB was created by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. However, the Board was not funded and did not begin operations until January 1998.
  		• American Microbiology Association - The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world. Membership has grown from 59 scientists in 1899 to over 42,000 members today located throughout the world. ASM represents 25 disciplines of microbiological specialization plus a division for microbiology educators
  		• Board of Certified Professional Ergonomics - The BCPE was incorporated as an independent nonprofit organization in July 1990. The development of ergonomics certification, however, dates back to the mid-1980s when committees of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, the International Ergonomics Association, the Department of Defense, NATO, and the National Academy of Science/National Research Council performed several reviews of job/task analyses to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities required of human factors/ergonomics practitioners. These domains were later categorized by the Ergonomics Abstracts (London: Taylor & Francis, ISSN 0046-2446, 1993) schema and evaluated for validity and reliability against the most widely used textbooks and handbooks in human factors/ergonomics degree programs.