nput is needed -- National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) -- the second 10

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The NIOSH National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) is being

re-structured for its second ten years. NIOSH is seeking comments on the plans.

There is

very little attention to indoor air quality and indoor environment at

present, but this could be changed if a sufficient number of convincing and

useful

comments are received. Since indoor air quality is the subject of the majority

of requests for health hazard evaulations NIOSH currently received, it

should seem obvious that NORA would focus on indoor environmental health.

However,

there does not seem to be any clear plan to move forward in the direction of

increased focus on the non-industrial indoor environment.

For the past nine years The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) has

served as a framework to guide occupational safety and health research - not

only for The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

but for the entire occupational safety and health community. Now NIOSH seeks

your help in creating the new NORA.

Building on the success of NORA, the second decade of NORA will use a

sector-based approach. NIOSH and its partners will form eight Sector Research

Councils, including participants from academia, industry, labor, and government.

Each Council will draft sector-based research goals, objectives, and action

plans. These agendas will provide guidance to the entire occupational safety and

health community for moving research to practice in workplaces. In addition,

a Cross-sector Research Council will be formed to identify opportunities for

common research across sectors. _Stakeholder input is needed_

(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/NORA/intro.html) .

Please consider making comments on your own behalf or on behalf of your

organization. Go to the website to submit your comments.

_http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/NORA/default.html_

(http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/NORA/default.html)