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Employers Holdings, Inc. Announces Board Chair Transition

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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HENDERSON, Nev., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Employers Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: EIG) today announced that the chair of its Board of Directors, Michael J. McSally, will be stepping down as Board Chair.

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  • HENDERSON, Nev., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Employers Holdings, Inc., (NYSE: EIG) today announced that the chair of its Board of Directors, Michael J. McSally, will be stepping down as Board Chair.
  • The Board of Directors has unanimously elected board member Jeanne L. Mockard as the incoming Board Chair, effective March 20, 2024.
  • “Mike has been an excellent Board Chair and on behalf of the Board, I thank him for his leadership.
  • Insurance is offered through Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, Employers Compensation Insurance Company, Employers Preferred Insurance Company, Employers Assurance Company and Cerity Insurance Company, all rated A- (Excellent) by the A.M. Best Company.

Body lotions, mothballs, cleaning fluids and other widely used products contain known toxic chemicals, study finds

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaWe found that many household products like shampoos, body lotions, cleaners and mothballs release toxic volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, into indoor air.

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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

    • We found that many household products like shampoos, body lotions, cleaners and mothballs release toxic volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, into indoor air.
    • In addition, we identified toxic VOCs that are prevalent in products heavily used by workers on the job, such as cleaning fluids, adhesives, paint removers and nail polish.
    • However, gaps in laws that govern ingredient disclosure mean that neither consumers nor workers generally know what is in the products they use.

Why it matters

    • We also found that people are likely co-exposed to many hazardous chemicals together as mixtures through use of many different products, which often contain many chemicals of health concern.
    • For example, janitors might use a combination of general cleaners, degreasers, detergents and other maintenance products.
    • Diethanolamine, a chemical frequently used in products like shampoos that are creamy or foamy, appeared in 40 different product categories.
    • Some chemicals, such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and ethylene gylcol, are listed under Prop 65 because they are reproductive or developmental toxicants.

What still isn’t known

    • Our analysis of the CARB data on volatile toxicants does not paint a complete picture.
    • In addition, we were not able to identify specific products of concern because the agency aggregates data over whole categories of products.

What other research is being done

    • Research by members of our team has also shown that product use varies by race and ethnicity, partly due to racialized beauty standards.
    • We’ve found in other research that some manufacturers do choose to reformulate their products to avoid Prop 65 chemicals, rather than having to warn customers about toxic ingredients.
    • Robin Dodson is Associate Director of Research Operations and a research scientist at the Silent Spring Institute, a scientific research organization dedicated to studying environmental factors in women’s health..
    • Megan R. Schwarzman receives funding via the University of California, Berkeley from the California Breast Cancer Research Program, which supported this research.