Personal Air Sampling Articles on Environmental XPRT

Casella intrinsically safe TUFF personal air sampling pump and dBadge sound level meter are a hit down under with Australian department of defence

Following a competitive tender process, the Australian Department of Defence has taken delivery of 180 TUFF personal air sampling pumps and 180 CEL-350 dBadge personal noise dosimeters from Casella CEL (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100), leading global specialist in industrial hygiene and occupational health monitoring equipment. Ronald Azar, ...

Nov. 13, 2012

By Casella

A numerical analysis of the aspiration efficiency of a personal sampler

The impact on sampling efficiency of increasing the flow rate of a low flow personal sampler has been examined. Increases in flow rates were required to obtain sufficient particle mass over the duration of a typical rush hour commute (3.5?16.7 litres/min). Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling has been used to assess the implications of this higher flow on the aspiration efficiency of the ...

Mar. 18, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work, at home, and during leisure time: personal exposure measurements by diffusive sampling of airborne 3-Ethenylpyridine

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with an increased risk of several diseases. In 2002, the ETS exposure level was studied in a Finnish cross-sectional population sample with a sub-sample of currently working nonsmokers. In all, 123 nonsmokers (25-64 years) reporting at least 1 h of daily exposure to ETS participated in personal exposure measurements. Two 3 M organic vapor monitors, ...

Oct. 1, 2008

By SAGE Publications

Outdoor/Indoor/Personal Ozone Exposures of Children in Nashville, Tennessee

An ozone (O3) exposure study was conducted in Nashville, TN, using passive O3 samplers to measure six weekly outdoor, indoor, and personal O3 exposure estimates for a group of 10- to 12-yr-old elementary school children. Thirty-six children from two Nashville area communities (Inglewood and Hendersonville) participated in the O3 sampling program, and 99 children provided additional timeactivity ...

Mar. 1, 2004

By Ogawa & Company, USA, Inc.

Detection of chlorpyrifos in air using low volume polyurethane foam (PUF) sampling with immunoassay

MATRIX: Air samples ANALYTE: Chlorpyrifos RANGE OF DETECTION: 0.088 to 1.200 mg/m3 MATERIALS: Chlorpyrifos RaPID AssayÒ Kit and Sample Diluent. Reagents: methanol (pesticide grade). Equipment: 40 mL glass vials with Teflon lined caps, 13 x 100 mm glass test tubes, 5 mL and 20 mL serological pipets, micropipet ...

Jun. 16, 2010

The 10 Key Factors in Selecting a Stack Sampling Firm

Summary: This document is a summary of the key factors that you should take into consideration when hiring a stack testing firm.This has been prepared in conjunction with the ASTM criteria for standard practice of testing companies.The ASTM criteria has been supplemented, based on 125 years of direct testing experience, which is the combined years of experience of the individuals that contributed ...

Jan. 1, 2006

By Avogadro Environmental Corporation

Air Monitoring for the Gulf Oil Spill

Ambient air monitoring is a priority in the ongoing efforts to contain and manage the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. The following provides information about the kinds of airborne contaminants that are currently being monitored in the Gulf, how they are collected and how they are analyzed. For a given project, a suitable sampling plan – developed by ...

Aug. 9, 2010

Indoor air quality in primary schools

The indoor air quality (IAQ) in classrooms is expected to play a key role in the assessment of the effects of the children's personal exposure to air pollution since they spend on average 7–11 h per weekday at school. A statistical treatment was conducted over a database of indoor air parameters and the primary schools where these parameters were sampled (urban area of Lisbon, Portugal). The aim ...

Dec. 28, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Low-Flow (Minimal Drawdown) Ground-Water Sampling Procedures

Untitled Document Background The Regional Superfund Ground Water Forum is a group of ground-water ...

Dec. 1, 1995

By Solinst Canada Ltd.

The Spectrex air sampler ideal for industrial hygiene.

Comments by an industrial hygiene supervisor in Texas "The Spectrex PAS-500 is a great tool for collecting both personal and area air samples. I have yet to have a worker complain about having to wear the pump. The workers appreciate the drastic reduction of weight and size when compared to the traditional low volume pumps. The best advantage of the PAS-500 is the clip that holds the pump ...

Aug. 31, 2011

By Spectrex Corporation

Remote monitoring of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

Indoor air quality (IAQ) relates to a number of environmental factors inside a building that can impinge on the health, comfort, or work performance of the building’s occupants. Monitoring IAQ is vital because it is estimated that the average person spends 90% of their time breathing “indoor air”. Remote monitoring of IAQ sampling data collected by PPM ...

Nov. 22, 2012

By PPM Technology

Vapor intrusion and indoor air quality due diligence during property transactions

Vapor intrusion (i.e. the migration of volatile chemicals from contaminated soil and/or ground water through the subsurface into overlying building structures) as a contributing indoor air has become a growing concern for property owners and prospective purchasers in recent years as it can cause significant indoor air quality problems. This is largely due to the increased focus on this issue by ...

May 18, 2009

By Environmental Waste Management Associates LLC (EWMA)

Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe (PEOPLE): Methodological Strategy and Basic Results

This report is designed to enable general understanding of the Population Exposure to Air Pollutants in Europe (PEOPLE) project. The methodology and basic results of the PEOPLE project is described. A full interpretative analysis of the data is not presented here. In each city the project required collaboration between a local partner and the Emissions and Health Unit (EHU) of the Institute for ...

Jan. 1, 2005

Lead (Pb) in Workplace Air by Niton 700 Series Field Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) Analyzer

Procedure: Air samples are collected by drawing workplace air, using personal sampling pumps, through 37-mm mixed cellulose ester (MCE) filters mounted in polystyrene cassettes. Samples are prepared for XRF analyses by transferring each filter, along with the support pad, to a special air filter sample holder, specifically designed for a Niton XRF analyzer. Three separate 60-second readings are ...

Jan. 1, 2003

By Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers

How to Survive An EPA Clean Air Act Title VI - Refrigerant Regulations Compliance Inspection

Part 2: During An Inspection Since the amendments of the Clean Air Act of 1990 were enacted, facility owners and managers have been faced ...

Jan. 1, 2001

By IHS

Eglin air force base achieves goal of 100% compliance with EHS regulations for hazardous materials management

For personnel at Eglin Air Force Base, working with hazardous materials is all part of the job. Yet, thanks to the base’s highly successful Hazardous Materials Program (HMP), it is a job that is done safely every day and in full compliance with a host of government and military regulations. Eglin, an operating unit of the Air Force Materiel Command, is home to the 96th Air Base Wing and the ...

May 26, 2011

By IHS

Industrial hygiene case study

Service performed: Industrial hygiene monitoring at a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility Summary: Our environmental staff performed testing and consulting to determine employee exposure levels to hazardous chemicals at a large manufacturing facility. Engineering controls and personal protective equipment were also evaluated for its effectiveness during the ...

Jun. 25, 2014

By EFI Global, Inc.

TVOC measurement for LEED/green building evaluation

Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) may be evaluated when building designers/managers are pursuing the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System for New Construction (LEED-NC) EQ Credit 3.2. The latest LEED-NC guidance document specifies that the maximum allowed concentration of TVOC measured in a building (post construction, pre-occupancy) is 500 µg/m3; the ...

May 27, 2009

Screening technique to estimate high benzo[a]pyrene concentrations near roads

The emission factors of benzo[a]pyrene for gasoline cars and for diesel cars were measured by directly collecting the exhaust gas using a portable sampling equipment and became 660 ng km–1 and 1700 ng km–1, respectively. The regression equations to easily evaluate the concentrations at the roadsides and at the crossroads were introduced as the functions of building height, road width, ...

Oct. 13, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

The MoldRange Report

What is MoldRANGE?MoldRANGE is a compilation of data from thousands of outside air samples analyzed by EMLab P&K. It enables a person to get a sense of the fungi that are typically present in the outside air both by time of year and region of the country. All data has been compiled from analysts who have college degrees in biology or a related field, have gone through intensive training, have ...

Dec. 1, 2009

By EMLab P&K

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