Every Friday we pass on a few health and safety resources we enjoyed throughout the week in a “Best of the Week” post.

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Health & Safety Links

Is a Healthy Work Force in Danger of Disappearing?
EHS Today

The president of EHE International says that 75 percent of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are preventable …

Systematically safer workplaces
Monash University

Injury-free workplaces are becoming a more realistic goal through research that examines not only the working environment, but how employees interact with it and the role that culture plays …

A Few Words from the President
EHS Today

Being so immersed in this project has me thinking about transformational leadership and transformational leadership in safety, which is the theme of our conference. There will be many transformational leaders speaking at our conference, and one who will not be speaking. He is the one I want to talk about …

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From the Ergonomics Plus blog

From the Ergonomics Plus blog this week: Free Handout – Smoking Cessation