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*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Pennsylvania Newsletter for Tuesday November 12, 2024 ( 3 items )  

ASTM Sensory Science Award Received by Chris Simons
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 11 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: ASTM's sensory evaluation committee (E18) has presented its 2024 David R. Peryam Award to Chris Simons, associate professor of sensory science at Ohio State University. The award recognizes outs  more

New ASTM Initiative Targets Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 11 [Category: Materials Management] -- ASTM International, formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials, which develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for materials, products, systems and services, issued the following news release: The task group will drive water quality treatment standards and subcomponent test methods. ASTM's hydrogen and fuel cells subcommittee (D03.14) and water committee (D19) are seeking participati  more

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Experiences of Discrimination Linked to Postpartum Weight Retention
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Nov. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following news release on Nov. 11, 2024: Researchers have been unable to explain why after giving birth, Black patients are two to three times as likely to retain or gain additional weight compared to their white counterparts, even when pre-pregnancy weight and gestational-weight trajectories are comparable. A first-of-its-kind study by University of Pittsburgh epidemiologists points to the stre  more