Hazard Monitoring News
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Harnessing the Power of Water Quality Sensors for Environmental Conservation
Water is one of the most essential resources on our planet, and ensuring its quality is crucial for both human health and environmental health. However, water resources around the globe are facing increasing pressures from climate change, pollution, and overuse. Protecting these resources requires accurate and timely information about water quality, and this is where water quality sensors come ...
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September Stock Update - Room Alert Is Ready To Protect Your Critical Assets Today!
Our team always looks forward to sharing frequent inventory & stock updates, and we continue to take pride in announcing that Room Alert is in stock and ready to help protect your critical assets. We have plenty of inventory available at our Rhode Island headquarters, as well as Pennsylvania and Ireland distribution facilities. With no lead times and experience shipping to over 185 countries, ...
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Detecting Coal Tar in Road Binder
In the UK, utilities dig approximately 2.5 million holes in roads and pavements every year. WM3 guidance states that any soil or other material excavated is waste and should be assessed and classified for waste management purposes. Any excavated material identified as hazardous must be disposed of at a licenced hazardous waste receiver and the hazardous waste landfill tax paid. New laws in April ...
By QROS Ltd
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Portable Generators and Ways to Protect Workers and Building Occupants from Carbon Monoxide Hazards
The use of portable back-up generators powered by fossil fuels has become increasingly common to provide electricity when utility power fails or when sites have no power infrastructure. These generators can help to keep critical appliances on, or can power a worksite, but they can also expose people to carbon monoxide (CO) if not properly used. Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas ...
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EkotoxInfo 2/2023
We encourage you to read the current issue of EkotoxInfo chemical legislation news. In the summary in Febuary 2023 EkotoxInfo you will find the following topics: European Commission published in january 2023 „Transition pathway for the chemical industry“ New product categories for notifying poison centres Monomer and polymer guidance updated REACH Conference will be held in ...
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SoundPLANmanda 1.0
SoundPLANmanda 1.0 is the new program for occupational health and safety experts to help them assess environmental hazards and map and analyze noise in workplaces. The tool provides the possibility to map and analyze harmful immissions, including noise, temperature, or air pollution.Highlights:Data Import interface for georeferenced measurement data and display it with interpolated color coded ...
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Supporting maintenance and regulatory compliance in the food industry
France is Europe's leading player in agricultural production. Siveco Group has a long history providing solutions to the country's secure, modern and sustainable agri-food industry. As in China, the food industry is considered strategic in the ongoing industrial plan of the French government. Since 2009 in its Shanghai-based R&D center, known as the bluebee® lab, Siveco China has ...
By Siveco China
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EkotoxInfo 1/2023
We encourage you to read the current issue of EkotoxInfo chemical legislation news. In the summary in January 2023 EkotoxInfo you will find the following topics: REACH Candidate List +9 = 233 entries PFASs restriction proposal 2,4-dinitrotoluene restriction proposal International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) Metals and Inorganics Sectoral Approach (MISA) EU RoHS Pack-23 Exemption ...
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Quick Product Reference Guide - Servomex
Introducing the Quick Product Reference Guide. To help you get to the right product for your process fast, we’ve introduced a Quick Product Reference Guide. At only two pages, this guide shows all our products at a glance, saving you time in finding what you need. It covers: SERVOTOUGH Analyzers built to meet the challenges of hot and hazardous environments SERVOFLEX Precision gas ...
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Asbestos, Lead and Other Exposure Hazards Encountered by Firefighters and Fire Damage Cleanup Crews
Firefighters play a crucial role in protecting public safety and the property of people, businesses and institutions. Responding to fires and emergencies, their work can be dangerous and these dangers can include more than just flames and extreme heat. Building fires could also expose firefighters to a number of hazardous substances. For example, the Board of Health in Orange, Massachusetts ...
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A first responder`s best friend: reconnaissance without exposure
The MIRA XTR DS handheld Raman spectrometer and Autofocus Standoff Attachment (AFSO) from Metrohm can be integrated into the IBEX CBRNe robot system equipped with environmental sensors. Operated remotely, IBEX can assess hazards, gather detailed intelligence, and identify unknowns without ever placing a human in harm’s way. Fast ID of unknown materials The most powerful ...
By Metrohm AG
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Real Digital Twins for O&M in China & abroad
Siveco Group is known as a front-runner in digital innovations for maintenance since the mid-1980s. Unsurprisingly, the company was also among the first, perhaps the very first, to utilize BIM (Building Information Modeling) for maintenance purposes. Early research started by Siveco China in 2011 led to the development of standard products, part of the Coswin 8i and bluebee® suites, which ...
By Siveco China
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Goglio (Tianjin) Packaging Co., Ltd. implements BIM for Plant Lifecycle Management solution
Goglio (Tianjin) Packaging Co., Ltd. (GTP), a leading supplier of flexible packaging solutions, has selected Siveco China to provide its Smart O&M solutions, in a project combining consulting, training and coaching services with the use of the bluebee® solution with embedded BIM models for Plant Lifecycle Management. The objectives of the project are to standardize GTP's equipment and ...
By Siveco China
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Flammability of Mobile Waste and Recycling Containers
As a result of many inquiries sent to the GGAWB concerning the flammability of plastic waste and recycling containers, the GGAWB has commissioned the Institut of the Fire Department Saxony-Anhalt to carry out a comprehensive expertise. The important questions to be reviewed are: Under what conditions does a plastic waste and recycling container burn? What kinds of pollutants are emitted into ...
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Rediscover the Great Indoors with the TSI AirAssure Indoor Air Quality Monitor
When we’re together in the same place, amazing things happen — collaboration, creativity, and innovation. Rising pollution levels and the global pandemic have us more aware of the quality of our indoor air. As we plan for more indoor gatherings in office buildings, shopping malls, conference centers, healthcare settings and manufacturing plants, it’s important to have confidence ...
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Identifying and Mitigating Occupational Exposure Risks to Nickel and Nickel Compounds
Nickel is a naturally occurring element with many beneficial chemical and physical properties. Pure nickel is a hard, silvery-white metal used to make stainless steel and other metal alloys. These are used in the production of countless products for industrial, consumer, marine, aerospace, military and other applications. It can also be combined with other elements to form nickel compounds. ...
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MadgeTech Streamlines Pressure and Temperature Monitoring in Hazardous Locations
It just got easier to collect a complete profile of hazardous environments with MadgeTech’s new PR1000IS data logger. Instead of deploying two separate data loggers, the intrinsically safe PR1000IS combines the capabilities of the PRTemp1000IS and the PRTrans1000IS to measure and record temperature, pressure, and transient pressure. The PR1000IS carries a hazardous location, intrinsically ...
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Protecting Workers from Exposure to Acrylonitrile and Other Chemical Hazards
The Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) describes acrylonitrile as a colorless, liquid, man-made chemical with a sharp, onion- or garlic-like odor that can be dissolved in water and evaporates quickly. It is used in many industries to make various plastics, rubbers and chemicals. Exposure can be harmful to the eyes, skin, lungs and nervous system reports the National ...
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OECD Will Hold Webinar on Assessing the Dispersion Stability and Dissolution of Nanomaterials in the Environment
On February 25, 2021, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will hold a webinar on “Assessing the dispersion stability and dissolution (rate) of nanomaterials in the environment” to discuss the scope, content, and use of Test Guideline No. 318: Dispersion Stability of Nanomaterials in Simulated Environmental Media and its accompanying guidance document. ...
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Identifying and Mitigating Occupational Exposures to Chloroform and Other Chemical Hazards
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) describes chloroform (CHCl3) as a colorless liquid that quickly evaporates into a gas. Other common names for chloroform include trichloromethane and methyl trichloride. Chloroform was once used as an inhaled anesthetic for surgeries; as an extraction solvent for fats, oils, greases and other products; as a dry cleaning spot ...
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