Resolutions
1949-present
| The following is a list of resolutions passed by the members
of APHA between 1949-2000. Resolutions are intended to represent
the position of the organization in a wide variety of public health
arenas, and help direct the organization's resources to support public
health policy on the local, state, and national levels. Most
importantly, OHS section members should look to relevant policy statements
and apply them where they may be useful in promoting improvements to workplace
and environmental health and safety.
Many of these items are in need of being updated with more current information, particularly those passed prior to 1995. Some may benefit from being consolidated with others. Ultimately, these policy statements will be available to anyone via the APHA web page and are expected to be a useful tool to public health advocates everywhere. It is important that they be up-to-date, well-documented, and represent the best public health science and practice. Anyone interested in reviewing any of these resolutions to assist in updating them, please contact Mary Miller or phone 360.902.6041. Please step forward, operators are waiting to take your call. The first two digits in each resolution number listed below indicates the year they were passed by the APHA Governing Council. The links to the full text of the OHS and other related resolutions passed up to 2000 are provided in the following table. You can link to the APHA web page to view the full text of any other resolutions passed to the present at http://www.apha.org/legislative/policy/. The full Index of all resolutions passed since 1949 is also available at that site. Those passed in 2004 will be linked once they are on the APHA web page. |
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| Exposures | x |
| Occupational Disease Prevention: Increase Worker and Union Rights |
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| Toxic Chemical in Agricultural Products |
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| Management of Pesticides, The |
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| Regulating Pesticide Usage |
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| Preventing Transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and Other Bloodborne Pathogens |
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| Bloodborne Infections in Health Care Providers |
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| Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Infections in the Health Care Setting |
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| Occupational Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
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| HIV Guidelines for the Workplace |
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| Occupational Health and Safety in Health Care Settings |
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| Hepatitis B Vaccine for Health Care Workers |
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| Protection of Child and Adolescent Workers |
2001-9 |
| Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders |
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| Occupational Lead Poisoning |
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| Health Risks Related to Lead Exposure |
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| Lead in the Environment |
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| Reducing Health Risks Related to Environmental Lead Exposure |
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| Responsibilities of the Lead Pigment Industry and Others to Support Efforts to Address the National Child Lead Poisoning Problem |
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| Prevention of Silicosis |
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| Prevention of Occupational Cancer |
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| Reproductive Health and Rights of Workers |
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| Petroleum Products and Hazardous Chemicals |
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| Disposal of Hazardous Wastes |
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| Prevention of Dioxin Generation from PVC Plastic Use by Health Care Facilities |
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| Recognizing and Addressing the Environmental and Occupational Health Problems Posed by Chlorinated Organic Chemicals |
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| Health Implications of Video Display Terminals |
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| Preventing Adverse Occupational and Environmental Consequences of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) in fuels |
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| Noise |
7522 (PP) |
| Eye Protection Against Ultraviolet Radiation |
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| Preventing Environmental and Occupational Health Effects of Diesel Exhaust |
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| Preventing Human Methylmercury Exposure to Protect Public Health |
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| Public Health Impacts of Job Stress |
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| Data | x |
| Surveillance of Occupational Disease and Injury |
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| Occupational Data on Death Certificates |
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| Occupational and Industrial Mortality Rates |
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| Need for Accurate Job-Related Injury and Illness Data, The |
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| Compensation | x |
| Asbestos Disease Compensation |
HR 5735 |
| Workers' Compensation Reform |
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| Workmen's Compensation Reform |
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| Compensation for and Prevention of Occupational Disease |
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| Regulation | x |
| Protecting and Expanding OSHA Jurisdiction Over Home Workplaces |
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| Support OSHA Reform and Strengthen Enforcement |
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| Benzene Regulation |
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| Emergency Temporary Standard for Worker Exposure to Ethylene Oxide |
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| Formaldehyde Standard |
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| Strengthen and Maintain Agricultural Fumigation Standards for EDB |
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| Precautionary Principle and Chemical Exposure Standards for the Workplace |
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| Support for the Proposed Labeling Standard of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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| Intensification of Occupational Health Activities |
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| Resolution on Implementation of Federal Occupational Health Activities |
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| The Right to a Healthful Work Environment |
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| Budgetary and Administrative Attacks on Occupational Safety and Health Regulations |
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| Enforcement of Occupational Safety and Health Standards |
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| Revising Occupational Health Standards |
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| White House Conference on Occupational Health and Safety |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration Priorities |
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| Support for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard on Access to Medical and Exposure Records |
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| Trade Agreements and Environmental and Occupational Health |
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| International Occupational Safety and Health Standards |
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| Support for International Action to Eliminate Persistent Organic Pollutants |
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| Training & Education | x |
| Environmental/Occupational Preparation of Public Health Professionals |
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| Occupational History Taking by Physicians and Other Health Personnel |
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| Accident Prevention Training in Engineering Schools |
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| Podiatric Education, Research, and Health Programs in Occupational Settings |
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| Worker Notification of Adverse Health Findings |
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| Strengthening Worker/Community Right-to-Know |
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| Increasing Worker and Community Awareness of Toxic Hazards |
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| Informing Workers of Occupational Health Risks |
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| Occupational Health Program Issues | x |
| Conditions of Migrant Labor Camp Housing |
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| Migratory Labor |
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| Occupational Health and Safety Services for Minority Workers |
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| Occupational Health Programs for Governmental Employees |
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| Occupational Health Programs for Small Industries |
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| Occupational Health Services |
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| Coalitions for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH Groups) |
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| Comprehensive Workplace Policies and Programs for the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems |
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| Full and Equitable Employment |
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| Guidelines for Genetic Testing in Industry |
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| Safeguards for Laboratory Workers and the General Public in "Genetic Engineering" Research |
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| Labor Unions and Health |
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| Use of Union Hotels for Conventions and Major Meetings |
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| Action Needed on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Report from the Federal Interagency Workgroup |
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Other Related Resolutions
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| Affirming the Importance of Regulating Pesticide Exposures to Protect Public Health |
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| The Precautionary Principle and Children's Health |
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| Reducing the Rising Rates of Asthma |
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| Admissions and Retention of Racial Ethnic Minorities and Women in Health Professional Schools |
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| Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention |
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| Government Action Regarding Indoor Radon from Natural Sources |
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| Chemical and Biological Methods of Warfare |
7412 |
| Chemical Substances in Foods |
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| Data on Composition of Products for Poison Information and Control Centers |
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| Establishment of an Independent Laboratory to Test the Efficacy of Chemical Germicides for Health Care Uses |
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| Federal Legislation on Food Additives |
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| Public Health Control of Hazardous Air Pollutants |
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| The Environment and Children's Health |
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| Opposition to Mandatory Drug Screening |
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| Compensation for and Prevention of Community Environmental Disease |
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| Hazardous Waste Victim Compensation |
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| Conflict of Interest in the Atomic Energy Commission |
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| Energy and the Environment |
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| Energy Crisis vs. Air Quality Standards, The |
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| Energy Development and Use |
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| Public Health Impact of Energy Policy, The |
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| Toward an Energy Policy |
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| Use of Oxygenated Gasoline in Alaska |
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| Principles for Environmental Protection |
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| Public Health Hazards at Nuclear Weapons Facilities |
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| Supporting the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 |
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| Food Irradiation as an Adjunct to Sanitation and HACCP Procedures to Improve the Safety of the Food Supply, Use of |
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| Elimination of Tuberculosis |
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| Accident Prevention |
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| National Electronic Injury Surveillance System |
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| Preventing Adverse Environmental Effects and Safety Hazards of "Light Trucks" |
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| Prevention of Injury and Death Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents |
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| A Call to Reject "English Only" Legislation |
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| Appalachian Coalfield Community Health Services |
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| Environmental Tobacco Smoke |
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| Editorial Independence of Health and Scientific Journals |
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