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In April 2024, the EPA issued a final rule regulating methylene chloride (dichloromethane or DCM) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The rule is designed to individuals from health...

https://www.uab.edu/ehs/new-rule-impacts-use-of-methylene-chloride-dichloromethane-dcm

The Environmental Health & Safety team at UAB has launched a new software solution designed to enhance safety, compliance, and efficiency across campus. The Environmental Health & Safety Assista...

https://www.uab.edu/ehs/introducing-ehsa-enhancing-environmental-health-safety-at-uab

The Environmental Health & Safety team will roll out this year’s online emergency evacuation course this month. UAB is required to provide this training by both OSHA and fire codes, and it repl...

https://www.uab.edu/ehs/eh-s-launches-annual-emergency-evacuation-course

The University of Alabama at Birmingham welcomes Lee Stone as the executive director of UAB Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) following a national search. He will join UAB March 1. “We are...

https://www.uab.edu/ehs/stone-named-executive-director-of-uab-environmental-health-safety

UAB Facilities  and UAB Financial Affairs  partnered in 2019 to pilot a new online ordering process via BuyUAB for Airgas orders. The pilot was successful and in August 2020 a phased implement...

https://www.uab.edu/ehs/airgas-available-only-on-buyuab-effective-oct-1