CIHC Professional Development Seminar - November 3-5, 2025
Plan to join us for an in-person event in Long Beach, CA.
Registration Is Open.
Communication Updates
2023
- CA Firefighters Cancer Prevention & Research (Posted 06/10/23)
- Water: School Sites: Lead Testing: Conservation (Posted 06/05/23)
- Comments on Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Regulations (Posted 05/18/23)
- CA Young Workers Partnership Spring Meeting (Posted 05/11/23)
- Comments on Proposed Changes to Cal/OSHA's Lead Regulations (Posted 04/20/23)
- Workforce training: California Volunteers: youth job corps (Posted 04/19/23)
- Workplace Readiness Week: Work Permits (Posted 04/05/23)
- Workforce Development: Utility Careers (Posted 04/05/23)
- CIH designation important to proposed revisions to lead regulations (Posted 11/27/23)
- Comments on Proposed Silica Emergency Temporary Standard (Posted11/27/23)
2019
- Protection from Wildfire Smoke Emergency Regulation – Discussion Draft (Posted 04/26/19)
- NIOSH Funding Letter (Posted April 2019)
- Friends of NIOSH (Posted April 2019)
- Comments to OSHSB public meeting (Posted 03/21/19)
- Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Standard (Posted 02/15/19)
- Discussion Draft Regulations Occupational Exposure to Surgical Plume (Posted 01/14/19)
2018
- Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Standard (Posted 11/12/18)
- Requested Amendments to AB 2799 (Adult-use cannabis and medicinal cannabis: license application: OSHA training) (Posted 06/08/18)
2017
- Wildfire Cleanup Resources, Assistance, and Recommendations for Protecting the Health and Safety of Residents and Recovery Workers (Posted 10/27/17)
- Sample NIOSH ERC Support LetterSample NIOSH ERC Support Letter (Posted 08/09/17)
- Request for amendment to S.B. 774 – Specifying a Certified Industrial Hygienist be a member of the California Toxic Substances Board (Posted 04/18/17)
Earlier Communications
- Proposed Rulemaking Changes, Workers’ Compensation – Self-insurance (Posted 08/10/16)
- SUPPORT FOR AB 2153 (Garcia) Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Abatement Program (Posted 06/21/16)
- SB 1100 (Monning) Support Letter (Posted 05/22/16)
- Friends of NIOSH letter to the House and Senate Labor HHS Subcommittee (Posted 05/01/16)
- CIHC Legislative Summary March 2016 (Posted 04/16/16)
- Letter to the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Subcommittees in support of funding for NIOSH in the Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill (Posted 04/09/16)
- Letter to CA DIR OSIP - Proposed Rulemaking Changes, Workers’ Compensation – Self-Insurance (Posted 12/23/15)
- Letter to CA DOSH - Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention Draft (Posted 12/23/15)
- Letter to CA DOSH - Hotel housekeeping WMSD injury prevention draft (Posted 9/14/15)
- Comments regarding draft of possible amendments to 8CCR1532.1.Lead (Posted 6/15/15)
- Letter to the House HHS subcommittees in support of NIOSH funding in FY16 (Posted 6/08/15)
- Letter to the Senate HHS subcommittees in support of NIOSH funding in FY16 (Posted 6/08/15)
- CIHC comments regarding Title 8, Section 5193.1 of the General Industry Safety Orders, Sexually Transmitted Infections (Posted 6/02/15)
- CIHC comments to OSHSB on Heat Illness Prevention (8CCR3395) proposed changes #2 (Posted 12/08/14)
- CIHC comments to OSHSB on Heat Illness Prevention (8CCR3395) proposed changes (Posted 12/01/14)
- CIHC comments to Sen. Monning on SB 193 (Posted 08/10/14)
- Letter to US House of Representatives supporting NIOSH funding for FY15 (Posted 05/06/14)
- Letter to US Senate supporting NIOSH funding for FY15 (Posted 05/06/14)
- Letter to Cal-OSHA Standards Board (Posted 03/25/14)
- CIHC comments on NIOSH Carcinogen Policy (Posted 03/05/14)
- CIHC Comments on Cal/OSHA Safe Patient Handling (Posted 10/07/13)
- Letter to DOSH regarding 8CCR5155 (Posted 05/08/13)
- CIHC Comments on GHS to Cal-OSHA Standards Board (Posted 05/08/13)
- CIHC Comments on GHS to DOSH (Posted 05/08/13)
- CIHC Comments on Safer Consumer Products Regulations (Posted 03/07/13)
- Letter of Support for Ellen Widess as Chief of Cal/OSHA (Posted 02/03/12)
- AIHA Comments on Safer Product Regulations (Posted 01/01/12)
- Additional CIHC Comments on Safer Product Regulations (Posted 01/01/12)
- Proposed Regulation for Green Chemistry Hazard Traits (Posted 09/16/11)
- CIHC Letter to Support Continuation of the DIR Standards Board (Posted 07/22/11)
- CIHC Letter Supporting NIOSH (Posted 04/17/11)
- CIHC Comments on AB 553 (Posted 03/31/11)
- AIHA Comments on AB 553 (Posted 03/31/11)
- Len Welsh Support Letter (Posted 01/18/11)
- Cliff Rechtschaffen Letter, Titanium Dioxide (Posted 01/18/11)
- Ken Alex Letter, Titanium Dioxide (Posted 01/18/11)
- CIHC Comments on Safer Product Regulations
- Letter to Len Welsh
- SB 477 Opposition Letter
- Comments Submitted to DTSC - Safer Product Regulations
- Second Notice of Modification - Heat Illness Prevention
- Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor Places of Employment
- Joel Cohen Support Letter from AIHA
- Joel Cohen Support Letter from CIHC - Standards Board
- CIHC Memo to the Honorable Dianne Feinstein - Lead in Paint From Developing Countries
- Final CIHC COmments on 2nd Green Chemistry Straw Proposal
- CIHC Letter to Cal-OSHA regarding Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication System (GHS)
- Heat Illness Letter CIHC sent into the Cal-OSHA Standards Board
- Green Chemistry Initiative — Response to Straw Proposal
- Support for SB 23 (Padilla)
- Support for AB 1489 (Smyth)
- Support for AB 790 (Ruskin) State Scientists
- Support for SB 124 (Oropeza)
- Request for Amendment to AB 828 - Building Standards
- NIH Funds Green Chemistry
- CIHC Comments to Department of Toxic Substances Control on Green Chemistry Initiative
- California's Green Chemistry Initiative - The Challenge Ahead
- CIHC in Support of Dr. John Howard for the Assistant Secretary of Labor
- Update on DOSH Industrial Hygienist and Safety Engineer Classifications
- CIHC Position on the CAL/OSHA Industrial Hygienist Pay Disparity
- Differentials Between DOSH Safety Engineer/Industrial Hygiene Pay (July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008) Source: Garrett Brown, CIH, at the CIHC Conf 2006
- AB 515
- CIHC Comments to Title 17, CCR, Department of Health Services Proposed Revision (Lead)
- CIHC SB 1386 - Letter to Governor (Posted 9/22/08)
