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Key insurance industries it regulates include health insurance, auto insurance, homeowners insurance, and life insurance. [1] The department is the umbrella agency that operates the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange (IHBE), a health insurance marketplace that serves as an intermediary between Illinois residents and the health-insurance mandate ...
In 1991, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Louis Wade Sullivan, called lead the "number one environmental threat to the health of children in the United States." Humans are exposed to lead through air, drinking water, food, contaminated soil, deteriorating paint, and dust.
The primary use of cadmium is in the manufacturing of NiCd rechargeable batteries. The primary source for cadmium is as a byproduct of refining zinc metal. [1] Exposures to cadmium are addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, the construction industry, and the agricultural industry. [2]
The presence of lead pipes has persisted due in part to a lack of a centralized federal or state removal strategy. Illinois has thousands of lead water pipes. Why is it taking so long to replace them?
The NIGP Commodity/Services Code is an acronym for the National Institute of Governmental Purchasings' Commodity/Services Code. The NIGP Code is a coding taxonomy used primarily to classify products and services procured by state and local governments in North America .
Before that, the Health Department had a lead poisoning prevention program that mainly consisted of mandatory blood testing for children under 3. The 2004 law, called Local Law 1, beefed up the housing department’s inspection system, requiring that officials check for deteriorating lead paint when they are called for any complaint to an ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Illinois designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. These sites are listed on the National Priorities List . 13 Sites are listed below.
Unlike its counterpart, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, NIOSH's authority under the Occupational Safety and Health Act [29 CFR § 671] is to "develop recommendations for health and safety standards", to "develop information on safe levels of exposure to toxic materials and harmful physical agents and substances", and to "conduct research on new safety and health problems".