March 2011
Environmental Regulatory Shift in N.J. Draws Praise and Concern
Home to a densely packed population and heavy industry, New Jersey has been a longtime leader in adopting strong regulatory standards to protect residents against pollution of their soil, air, and water. That's why environmental [...]
January 2011
Press Statement In Response to Environmental Protection Agency Action To Force NJ Ambulance Company to Stop Using Toxic Fogger
New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) Director Rick Engler issued this statement responding to EPA's action ordering a New Jersey ambulance company to cease using misting machines to disinfect its vehicles with toxic chemicals that [...]
EPA Wades in to Battle Over Hospital Disinfectant
U.S. EPA is interceding in a New Jersey public-health flap that could have national implications, ordering a hospital services company to stop disinfecting its ambulances with finely misted pesticides after a local union complained of [...]
EPA Orders Ambulance Company to Stop Using Fogger
Acknowledging that workers have become ill after exposure to disinfectant chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week ordered a New Jersey ambulance company to cease using fogging machines to sanitize its vehicles. See [...]
December 2010
EMS Workers In a Fog Over Disinfectant’s Feared Danger
In the months after the Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corporation (MONOC) began using newly acquired machines to disinfect its ambulances in May 2009 by pumping the vehicles full of pesticide fog, paramedics began experiencing troubling ailments, [...]
Union Fights Toxic Misting of Ambulances
Eileen Senn, WEC Industrial Hygiene Consultant was interviewed by Jose Santiago, News Director at WBAI in New York City. The interview is available online here in the WBAI archive file. Go to WBAI Evening News, [...]