Toxic exposure Articles
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Are Fume Hoods Necessary?
A fume hood is an important part of any laboratory that works with harmful particles, vapors, or chemicals. Fume hoods limit exposure to toxic gasses by pushing the contaminated air outside or filtering the particles through a filter and recirculating clean back into the laboratory. Fume hoods include an enclosed work area behind a clear sliding window, also known as a sash. The sash window ...
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Hazards Of Oxygen Deficiency In Confined Space
Oxygen deficiency or hypoxia is a condition with a shortage of oxygen. Oxygen is vital for the survival of life on Earth. Our bodies cannot survive for more than 10 minutes without oxygen. Oxygen deficiency is caused by temperature, humidity, pollutants, and confined spaces, but these are not the only reasons behind this situation. When there is an increase in carbon dioxide levels than oxygen ...
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Understanding LDAR Requirements for Refinery Operations
Managing a successful emissions control program at your petroleum facility is no easy task, especially with the endless list of rules and regulations specific to this industry. Read this guide on understanding LDAR requirements for refinery operations to ensure better compliance and overall business performance. ...
By LDARtools
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Confined Space Gas Testing: Tools Needed, Tips & Tricks
Employees who go into confined spaces for work on a daily basis face the risk of exposure to airborne toxins that can cause injury or even death. These confined spaces, which are commonly present in chemical factories, processing plants, paper mills, utility corridors, and underground coal mines, may contain air that is oxygen-deficient or polluted with toxic and flammable gases. That is why ...
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7 Industries That Benefit From Confined Space Training
Did you know that many different industries can benefit from confined space training? While the construction industry is one of the most well-known sectors that require this type of safety training, there are actually a number of other businesses that can benefit from it as well. In this blog post, we will discuss seven industries that can benefit from confined space training. ...
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Ensuring your employees workplace air quality is safe
Somewhere in the world, someone is exposed to hazardous gases without their knowledge every single day. This can happen in a factory or laboratory, when storing goods or unloading a freight container. GT5000 Terra is a tool for measuring dangerous or toxic gases. With the FTIR analyzer, you will immediately know what is in the air. The analysis can be completed directly in the workplace. ...
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How Emergency Decon Services Uses Decon7 Products to Protect Firefighters - Case Study
Background Emergency DECON Services (EDS) Co-founders Rich Gross and Tom Riedel have been friends and fellow firefighters for more than four decades. They know the dangers of firefighting-both immediate and long-term-from personal experience and were inspired to create a company to help combat the cancer problem in the profession. The dream turned into reality in February 2020 when the partners ...
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Fume Hood Maintenance
Fume hoods are meant to be used in instances in which there may be toxic or explosive materials present. According to The University of Missouri, a fume hood is one of the most important used and abused hazard control devices. The combined use of safety glasses, gloves, smocks, good safety practices, and a fume hood will serve as protection from exposure to hazardous materials. Remember, fume ...
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Ensuring your employees` workplace air quality is safe
Somewhere in the world, someone is exposed to hazardous gases without their knowledge every single day. This can happen in a factory or laboratory, when storing goods or unloading a freight container. GT5000 Terra is a tool for measuring dangerous or toxic gases. With the FTIR analyzer, you will immediately know what is in the air. The analysis can be completed directly in the workplace. ...
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Benzene Health and Safety Operational Efficiency: Plant turnaround
Operational Efficiency Generally speaking, health and safety have historically been seen as a barrier to productivity, even the butt of the occasional joke. The worst scenario is people continuing to act in an unsafe manner when no one is looking thinking that in cutting corners they are getting the job done quicker. However, there is now widespread consensus to the contrary that a strong health ...
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Robots vs Humans: Which is Safer for Tank Cleaning?
Until recently, human crews have been cleaning tanks in industrial settings exclusively. But, with the latest technology emerging, robots are taking over the task. It is no longer necessary for Plant Managers to put their crews in hazardous, confined places for tank cleanings. Plant Managers can use tank cleaning robots as an effective method to not only save time and money, but they keep ...
By Ecorobotics
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Toxicity Assessment of Chemicals using Conventional Acute Daphnia magna Tests, Toxkits and Fluotox Microbiotests
Abstract : Simple, rapid and cost-effective testing procedures were developed over the last few years, mainly for application in routine toxicity screening. One of the most significant breakthroughs in this regard are the highly standardized Toxkit microbiotests, which make use of dormant or immobilized stages of selected invertebrate species as the biological material from which the test species ...
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Acute Toxicity Tests with Streptocephalus Proboscideus (Crustacea / Branchipoda / Anostraca) : Influence of Selected Environmental Conditions
Abstract : The influence of selected environmental conditions on the acute toxicity of 3 selected chemicals (K2Cr2O7, CuSO4and Na pentachlorophenate) to instar II-III larvae ofStreptocephalus proboscideuswas evaluated. Mortality after a 24 h incubation was used as effect criterion. Factorial experiments were set up resulting to 25 different combinations of temperature and water hardness. The ...
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Microscale Toxicity Testing with Rotifers
Abstract :Toxicity tests are one of the essential tools for evaluating the effects of anthropogenic stress in aquatic ecosystems. Methods using microscale organisms have improved the speed, simplicity, and reduced the cost of making toxicity measurements. The size, ecology, and life cycle of rotifers makes them well suited for microscale assays and toxicity assessment. In the last five years the ...
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OSHA Gets Smart: Finally Provides Annotated Permissible Exposure Limits
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established to protect people from health and safety hazards found at work. One of OSHA’s most basic resources is its list of PELs: Permissible Exposure Limits that are intended to protect worker health from exposure to toxic materials. PELs are enforceable regulatory limits on the concentration of ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Quoted By Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Regarding EPA Review Process For New Chemicals
On April 3, 2018, Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Senior Chemist with B&C, were quoted by the Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report in the article “EPA Aims for Predictable Chemical Reviews, Director Says.” Richard Engler—a senior chemist with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.—and Lynn L. ...
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H&S Operational Efficiency: A vital component of overall business strategy
Operational Efficiency Generally speaking, health and safety has historically been seen as a barrier to productivity, even the butt of the occasional joke. The worst scenario is people continuing to act in an unsafe manner when no one is looking thinking that in cutting corners they are getting the job done more quickly. However, there is now widespread consensus to the contrary that a strong ...
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EPA proposes TSCA user fees
Abstract We all knew it was coming, and the proposal has finally arrived. On February 8,2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt signed a proposed rule regarding user fees for the administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). As amended by the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act TSCA provides the EPA the ...
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Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Included Comments by Lynn L. Bergeson and Charles M. Auer on EPA Chemical Backlog
On August 8, 2017, Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), and Charles M. Auer, Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor with B&C, were quoted by Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report in the article “Clearing EPA's New Chemicals ‘Backlog’ Cheered by Industry.” Lynn Bergeson, managing partner with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. ...
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Charles M. Auer Quoted In “Chemical Risk Review Details Expected From EPA by Fall”
On August 3, 2017, Charles M. Auer, Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), was quoted by Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report discussing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to release documents detailing its new Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical review process. The documents are expected to aid companies as they prepare ...
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