Occupational and environmental health on the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Interim Recommendations for the Cleaning and Remediation of Flood-Contaminated HVAC Systems: A Guide for Building Owners and Managers (NIOSH, 2005)

Cómo Usar un Respirador - Hoja Informativa para los Trabajadores de Limpieza de Katrina y Rita (NYCOSH, March 2006)

Trabajadores De Limpieza De Katrina Y Rita: Hoja De Datos Sobre El Moho

How to Use a Respirator: A Factsheet for Katrina and Rita Cleanup Workers (NYCOSH, January 2006)

Mold factsheet for Katrina and Rita cleanup workers (NYCOSH, December 2005)

Short version of mold factsheet for Katrina and Rita cleanup workers (NYCOSH, December 2005)

Cleanup after Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Considerations (Congressional Research Service, October 13, 2005)

Hundreds of the nation’s leading organizations and experts call on Congress for immediate action to protect Gulf Coast cleanup workers from serious health hazards (October 6, 2005)

Gulf Coast cleanup workers must be protected from serious health hazards (National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, October 6, 2005)

Natural catastrophe occupational and environmental safety and health news

Worker Safety Takes a Back Seat in the Gulf Coast: Federal Agencies Offer Advice that is Either Useless or Wrong — The effort to protect the safety and health of workers who are cleaning up the devastation left by hurricanes Katrina and Rita is having only limited success, but worker advocates are continuing to press government agencies and employers to ensure safe and healthful working conditions along the Gulf Coast. (NYCOSH Update on Safety and Health, November 28, 2005)

Hundreds of Major Organizations and Public Health Advocates Say OSHA and EPA Must Protect Gulf Coast Cleanup Workers — The U.S. Congress should immediately act to protect the health and safety of workers and residents engaged in the cleanup of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, according to a group of more than 100 of the nation’s foremost labor, religious, environmental, community, public health and public-interest organizations and more than 100 academic, medical, religious and public health leaders. (NYCOSH Update on Safety and Health, October 20, 2005)