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Issues

As an accredited, globally influential standards development organization, we apply research and safety science to keep pace with new discoveries and technology.

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The UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030

To help advance the U.N. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we're working to align our standards catalog and standards development process with the 17 critical SDGs.

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Partnering to Help Reduce Microwave-Related Scald Injuries on Small Children

A requirement in UL 923, the Standard for Microwave Cooking Appliances, would make the units more difficult for small children to open to help prevent burn and scald injuries.

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The Safety Data Lake: Enabling Analysis of Disparate Safety Data Sets

Data from seven unique sources comprises the Safety Data Lake with additional data sources and capabilities to be added over time.

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Helping Students Gain Professional Skills in a Real Workplace

As a corporate partner of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, we are proud to participate in the work-study program to provide students with a valuable, hands-on internship experience.

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Word to the W.I.S.E. Podcast Series

Women who are safety science experts provide insights on navigating their careers and reflect on how they push the boundaries, develop resilience and confidence, and build a niche for themselves.

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The Modern Standards Program

By optimizing our approach to standards development, we continue to drive safety through standardization and quickly adapt to the rapidly changing and advancing world around us.

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Using Standards to Help Mitigate COVID-19's Spread

Standards related to healthcare, air ventilation and building materials can support essential services helping to fight the virus and potentially mitigate its spread.

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Natural Language Processing

Learn about how natural language processing (NLP) makes unstructured text data analyzable, and how we use it to gain insights from safety-related incidents.