ASSE to Change Name to American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
In August 2017, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization ASSE voted to change its name to the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP). This change will go […]
Microcystins: A Toxic Threat to Drinking Water
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) comprises the oldest known fossils and date back more than 3.5 billion years, but these freshwater organisms are still prominent today. Cyanobacteria, […]
NSF/ANSI 53-2017: Drinking Water Treatment Units—Health Effects
The effective delivery of clean water is a matter of public health, and it is carried out with the aid of reliable components and careful […]
Earth Day 2018: How Standards Enable Manufacturers and Consumers to Control Plastic Usage
Every April 22, over 1 billion people in 192 countries participate in the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. This is Earth Day, […]
The Hidden Carcinogen Within Construction
Construction safety often extends further than one might think and encompasses much more than what meets the eye. While it’s important to be cautious of […]
ISO/IEC 14496 Standards for MPEG-4, or “Coding of Audio-Visual Objects”
In other posts, we discussed the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 standards, as well as their respective corresponding international standard documents. Initially introduced in 1998, MPEG-4 absorbed […]
ISO/IEC 11172 Specifications for MPEG-1, or “Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio for Digital Storage Media at Up to About 1.5 Mbit/s”
Video compression is carried out by several standards for delivery and display formats. The initial standard in the mid-Eighties, H.120, basically flopped, so the ITU-T […]
ISO/IEC 13818 Specifications for MPEG-2, or “Generic Coding of Moving Pictures and Associated Audio Information”
Originally introduced in the mid-Nineties and replacing the original MPEG suite (deriving from the Motion Picture Experts Group) in 1999, MPEG-2 is the standard for […]
Harmonized U.S. and Canadian Standards
On October 4, 1987, the United States and Canada agreed to the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), and the agreement was brought into force […]
ISO 9004:2018 – Guidance to Achieve Sustained Success
New Release: ISO 9004:2018 – Quality management – Quality of an organization – Guidance to achieve sustained success. Success is certainly something that every organization […]