biohazard (Health Hazards - Health and Safety) Articles

Hazardous Spill Cleanup Considerations for Non-Biohazards

An article on chemical considerations related to the cleanup of non-biohazardous hazardous materials spills. For examples, Concentrated Solutions of Acids and Bases Spills of concentrated solutions of acids and bases must be neutralized first and then disposed of appropriately. Please note that concentrated solutions of acids and bases that contain other chemicals, such as ...

Dec. 27, 2009

By Safety DImensions (SDI)

Biofilms reduce cooling tower efficiency, increase cost, and create a biohazard

Definition: Biofilm is a gelatinous layer that forms in cooling water systems on heat transfer surfaces, fill material, and basins. Biofilm consists of microbial cells, the polysaccharide biopolymer they produce, and debris extracted from the recirculating cooling water. Problems Caused by Biofilm: Physical plugging of cooling tower fill, tubes, and water passages Accelerated ...

Nov. 27, 2012

By MIOX Corporation - Johnson Matthey`s Water Technologies

Technology Innovation Leadership Award Biohazardous Waste Treatment North America, 2014

Frost & Sullivan’s Global Research Platform Frost & Sullivan is in its 50th year in business with a global research organization of 1,800analysts and consultants who monitor more than 300 industries and 250,000 companies. The company’s research philosophy originates with the CEO’s360-Degree Perspective, which serves as the foundation of its TEAM Research ...

Dec. 31, 2012

By OZONATOR Industries Limited

ES & E OZONATOR Publication Nov 2011

Disposal of biohazardous material has long been a serious and costly problem for hospitals, clinics, research institutes, bio-industries, airports, ports and other generators of biohazardous and regulated medical waste. Until now, incineration, heat, steam or dangerous chemicals have been the only way to treat many of these wastes. Not only are these processes costly, but they leave a high carbon ...

Nov. 19, 2011

By OZONATOR Industries Limited

Medical Waste - Empowering Change - Case Study

Your biohazardous waste can create long term cost and serious environmental outcomes. Acute medical waste issues require immediate and accurate response to avoid spread of infection. Fact. The abundance of untreated medical waste quickly escalates into a threat to humanity and the Inciner8 medical product range provides a precise solution capable of dealing with a ...

Oct. 16, 2017

By Inciner8 Limited

Canada Publishes Hazardous Products Regulation

On February 11, 2015, the Government of Canada published in Gazette II (Vol. 149, no. 3) the final regulation for adopting the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The final Hazardous Product Regulation (HPR) appears to be nearly identical to the proposed regulation published in Gazette I in August of 2014 (Vol. 148, no. 32) and is ...

Feb. 22, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Be prepared: It’s not just for boy scouts

The Boy Scouts have a motto: “Be prepared.” Their founder, Robert Baden-Powell, was once asked: “Prepared for what?” His response: “Why, for any old thing.” So it is with the Boy Scouts, so it should be with the modern waste hauler in an era where “any old thing” can range from improperly discarded radioactive and biohazardous waste to signs of ...

Jun. 30, 2011

By Waste Advantage Magazine