industrial hygiene News

The 2013 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce) officially began several days ago and attendees are still arriving. More than 5,000 industrial hygiene, safety and occupational health professionals from across the globe are expected by the time the conference ends later this week.   Tracy Parsons, CIH, Administrative ...

Today, the IAQ Video Network celebrated their 490,000th video download from their library of over 210 educational and corporate videos. The videos cover important indoor air quality (IAQ), industrial hygiene (IH), and environmental, health & safety (EH&S) topics.   “It’s great to have reached over 490,000 downloads of ...

State representatives in Minnesota have voted to ban formaldehyde, a cancer causing chemical, from children’s personal care products in an effort to protect children from toxic chemicals. The ban was approved after a 113-13 vote on Friday. This ban will prohibit companies from intentionally using formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing ...

Federal procurement officers dealing with mold remediation projects have been provided direction through the government’s Unified Facilities Guide Specifications. The mold remediation specifications document, last updated in 2011, is a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), ...

For those looking for the next innovation in risk management solutions, Actio Corporation today announced it will be showing an updated conflict mineral compliance solution at the AIHce Expo in Montreal, Canada. Viewings of the award-winning solution will begin on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 10 A.M. local time in the Exhibition Hall at the Montreal ...

The Pulsar NovaTM is being launched in the UK next week at SHExpo 2013 at the NEC. This is a suite of high performance sound level meters designed for professionals seeking to meet the latest industry standards for noise measurement products. The Nova is the most robust and easy to use of its class providing safety experts with the highest level ...

A proposed new ASTM International standard will link easy to use, cost-effective and nonintrusive passive sampling with concentration data to measure vapor intrusion. WK40037, Guide for Determining Concentration Values from Groundwater, Air and Soil Gas Using Adsorbent-Based, Passive Samplers, is being developed by Subcommittee D18.21 on ...

By now, most people have seen Quick Response Codes (QR) even if they don’t know that is what they are called. QR Codes are the small boxes with black and white square dots that can be found on everything from print ads and product labels to the sides of some commercial vehicles. QR Codes allow people to quickly scan the visible code using a ...

Last week, Southern California’s wildfire season arrived early with several large blazes across the greater Los Angeles area. Fires in Ventura and Riverside, fueled by strong winds, prompted neighborhood evacuations and even caused the campus of California State University Channel Islands to ask students and faculty to leave the area. ...