Rick Neitzel

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5 Steps Employers, Employees Need to Take to Reopen Businesses

Rick Neitzel

Businesses across the nation are preparing to start reopening their workplaces. Rick Neitzel, an expert on occupational and environmental health at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, outlines five steps that employers and employees can take together to return to work in the safest manner possible.

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IN THE NEWS: Our Noisy World's Toll on Our Ears

Rick Neitzel featured on American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Podcast

As part of this research partnership between Apple and the University of Michigan, Rick Neitzel is collecting data on personal listening device use and noisy environments through the Apple Research app. The hope is this research could influence policies that one day change noise pollution levels.

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Emergency Demolitions in Detroit: Low Risk of Asbestos Exposure

New research from Rick Neitzel and Alfred Franzblau

As Detroit continues to revitalize its urban core by razing abandoned buildings, emissions of airborne asbestos during emergency demolitions have been negligible, say University of Michigan researchers.