The North Star Chapter of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) is announcing its November General Membership Meeting. This month’s meeting will hosted by the University of Minnesota- Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety and will include a presentation by a U of M research on packaging issues related to reducing breakage and resulting mercury release from bulbs in transport.
Date: Thursday November 29, 2012
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Location: Room 114
Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach
University of Minnesota
2221 University Avenue, S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Parking is available at the Maroon Lot which is about two blocks from the building.
Agenda:
Designing Better Packages to Prevent Mercury Vapor Release During Fluorescent Bulb Recycling
Dr. Lisa Brosseau, U of M
This presentation will describe research examining the effect of different types of shipping package designs on preventing release of mercury vapor from broken fluorescent lights during shipment to recycling facilities.
A brief general membership meeting will follow.
Membership:
The General Meeting is open to all North Star Chapter members – anyone else can become a member at the North Star Chapter website, or can print out the membership application ( http://ahmp-nsc.org/pdfs/memberap.pdf ) and bring it to the general meeting.
You do not need to be a Certified Hazardous Material Manager, or a member of the national AHMP group to be a member of the North Star Chapter.
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