Valisure, an online pharmacy that tests medications for safety found concerning levels of a cancer-causing chemical in commonly used brands of sunscreen produced in the U.S.
Team Technologies buys California-based converter
Precision Die Cutting LLC
Precision Die Cutting LLC is a converter that specializes in skin-contact medical technologies and products designed to prevent infections.
Rapidly growing contract manufacturer Team Technologies Inc. has acquired Precision Die Cutting LLC, a converter that specializes in skin-contact medical technologies and products designed to prevent infections.
PDC is based in Chino, Calif., and has an operation in Singapore. Its services include precision stamping, rotary cutting and laser cutting of plastics, films, rubber, foam, adhesives, foils and thin metals. The company serves the medical disposables, diagnostic, life sciences and consumer products markets. Its converting and value-added packaging operations are done in a 35,000-square-foot, Class 100 clean room.
Valisure
Team Valisure
VALISURE DETECTS HIGH LEVELS OF KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN BENZENE IN SEVERAL SUNSCREEN PRODUCTS AND REQUESTS FDA ACTIONS
78 sunscreen and after-sun care products contained benzene, an industrial chemical known to cause cancer and other potentially serious health risks
NEW HAVEN, CT – MAY 25, 2021 – Valisure LLC has tested and detected high levels of benzene, a known human carcinogen, in several brands and batches of sunscreen, which are considered drug products by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as in after-sun care products, which are generally regulated by FDA as cosmetics. Benzene is known to cause cancer in humans according to the
On May 19, 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) announced that it is removing export restrictions on four categories of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and other.
Wearables in the Workplace: What You Need to Know
In this episode, Editor Sydny Shepard is joined by two professionals from NIOSH to discuss how wearable devices are impacting the safety industry.
By Sydny Shepard
May 24, 2021
Internet of Things, Network Connected Devices, Wearables… these are all words and phrases that you have probably heard referenced in the last decade and they have been rapidly gaining speed as access to information and data becomes the ultimate source of power in workplaces.
I know I had a lot of questions about how wearables are impacting the safety industry – so I figured you did, too. On today’s episode, you’ll hear my interview with Emanuele Cauda and John Snawder, both professionals working with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH. We discuss many of the topics you might be wondering about when it comes to wearables, but first, let’s talk a little more about our guests: