NIOSH

American  

[nahy-osh] / ˈnaɪ ɒʃ /

noun

1. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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Example Sentences

Niosh’s limits for formaldehyde and tributyl phosphate are for a period of up to 10 hours over a 40-hour work week.

From The Wall Street Journal

Throughout the seven presidential administrations that governed while she had been at NIOSH, her work had been utterly uncontroversial.

From Salon

The 58-year-old, who has short, greying hair, hazel eyes and three graduate degrees, hadn’t been ready to leave NIOSH’s Health Effects Lab in Morgantown, West Virginia, a place where she had mentored young colleagues, taught a lunchtime meditation class and helped conduct several yearslong research projects.

From Salon

Because KN95 masks aren’t overseen and vetted by NIOSH, they aren’t considered as effective as the U.S.-certified N95 masks.

From Seattle Times

Since KN95 aren’t actually certified by NIOSH, they usually come at a lower financial cost than high-grade N95 masks.

From Seattle Times