The last week of October, in addition to leading up to Halloween celebrations, is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW). The theme for 2026, “Keep Kids Safe from Lead,” provides an opportunity for us to remind ourselves of three important messages, outlined on the NLPPW website as follows: Get the Facts: Learn about lead hazards… Read more »
April 28 is probably most recognized in the world of comics as National Superhero Day, but it also happens to be Workers’ Memorial Day, honoring a special kind of superhero, and World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This post looks at two NIOSH comic books—one real, one fictional; one about safety, one about… Read more »
Today is Earth Day, and in keeping with that theme we present this story about a team of six cartoon owl superheroes—the Whobuddies—whose job is to save the Earth from environmental disasters and encourage humans to become heroes themselves by conserving and protecting our precious natural resources.
If you’re ever in Washington, DC, stop by the James Madison Building at The Library of Congress and see what has been touted as the largest publicly available Comic Book Collection in the United States. Most of the current comic books at the Library of Congress have been acquired through copyright deposit, but a small… Read more »
