NIOSH/CDC

American federal institute for occupational safety and health research, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with laboratories at Cincinnati, Morgantown, Pittsburgh, Spokane and elsewhere, created in 1970 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Researches workplace hazards and sets recommended exposure limits, publishes the pocket guide to chemical hazards and the list of hazardous drugs in health care that guides safe handling of cytotoxic medicines, certifies respirators, runs health hazard evaluations at workplaces and funds occupational health research and training.