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gram of community services, public and pro fessional education, and research The Soci ety's industrial service program is guided by its Advisory Committee on Industrial Eye Health and Safety, comprised of experts in the fields of industry, education, medicine, nursing, and accident prevention Activities and programs of the department aie Promotes and administers the Wise Owl Club of America, eye-safety incentive pro gram, among industrial, military, municipal and educational organizations Membership in the Club is restricted to those who save their vision from being damaged or destroyed by wearing proper eye-protection both on and off-the-job Junior Wise Owl Club membeiship recognizes sight saved by children and teenagers through wearing safety glasses or other forms of protectors Promotes state-wide eye safety foi all school and college laboratory and shop stu dents, and their teachers and visitors Both voluntary and legislative means are used Provides counseling to school administrators and teachers in establishing and implement ing eye safety programs Encourages amend ments to state school eye safety laws which presently exclude compliance by private schools Provides secretarial, counseling, and liai son services for the American National Stand ards Institute Z87 Committee, engaged m up grading current eye and face protector code Z2 1 Participates as member of other Ameilcan National Standards Institute studies deal ing with topics related to illumination, vision, and eye protection Promotes universal usage of nonflammable prescription and piano safety eyeglasses and sunglasses by the general public through vol untary and legislative means, and encouiages cooperation by the eye care professions and the ophthalmic industry Promotes periodic vision testing in in dustry and technical schools to determine visual defects and their lelationship to visual requirements for various tasks and occupa tions Provides counsel on improvement of visual working conditions through propei use of illumination and color Provides exhibits on eye health and safety topics at industrial and educational meetings Distributes literature and films on eye safety. Stimulates relationships with organiza tions, groups, and individuals with a related interest in sight conservation Addresses in dustry, safety and educational meetings to project NSPB recommendations and program aims Standards and Specifications Groups American National Standards Institute 1430 Broadway, New York, NY 10018 The American National Standards Institute coordinates and administers the federated vol untary standardization system m the United States, which provides all segments of the economy with national consensus standards re quired for their operations and for protection of the consumer and industrial worker It also represents the nation in international stand ardization efforts through the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and the Pacific Area Standards Con gress (PASC) ANSI is a federation of some 1000 national trade, technical, professional, labor, and con sumer oi ganizations, government agencies, and individual companies It coordinates the standards development efforts of these groups and approves the standards they produce as American National Standards when its Board of Standards Review determines that a na tional consensus exists in their favor Many American National Standards, as well as other national consensus standards, have taken on additional importance since the passage of the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 In promul gating standards under the act, the Occupa tional Safety and Health Administration has stated a definite preference for basing its regulations on consensus standards that have proved their value and practicality by use Under ANSI procedures, the responsibility for the management of specific standards projects is divided accoidmg to subject matter and assigned to an ANSI Technical Advisory Board Standards dealing with safety fall under the jurisdiction of either the Safety 597