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3D Printing and Worker Exposures to Airborne Pollutants

Three-dimensional (3D) printers are becoming increasingly popular as the technology advances and costs decrease. Today, 3D printers can be found everywhere, from research laboratories in schools, universities and businesses to factory floors and even in some people’s homes. As these devices become more common, concerns have been raised about chemicals (volatile organic compounds/VOCs), ...

Jul. 20, 2017

By American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH)

NASA Announces Major Airborne Pollution/Climate Study June 6

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 6, to announce a new airborne science campaign over the southern United States. The campaign will investigate how air pollution and natural emissions affect climate and the atmosphere. The Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys campaign, or SEAC4RS, is NASA's most ...

Jun. 4, 2013

By National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA

Successful airborne pollution compliance monitoring of ships at sea

Despite new legislation that requires ships to burn low sulphur marine oil in EU and US coastal waters, the economic benefits of continuing to use inexpensive, high-sulphur fuels, combined with the relatively small risk of getting caught, means that many ships are flouting the rules. However, this could be about to change as a real-time, airborne pollution detection system based around a pair of ...

Jun. 22, 2015

By Andor Technology Ltd (Andor)

Environment key to preventing childhood disabilities

The United States government would get a better bang for its health-care buck in managing the country's most prevalent childhood disabilities if it invested more in eliminating socio-environmental risk factors than in developing medicines. That's the key conclusion of Prevention of Disability in Children: Elevating the Role of Environment, a new paper co-authored by a Simon Fraser University ...

May 1, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

Seeing no levels of concern, EPA curtails emergency air monitoring at BP refinery fire site near Bellingham, Washington

As cleanup begins in earnest at the BP refinery fire site, 20 miles northwest of Bellingham, Washington, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's air monitoring team is standing down after seeing no measurable threats to public health from airborne pollutants related to the fire. As EPA responders arrived at the scene last night, a team of four EPA contractors, accompanied by a BP Industrial ...

Feb. 21, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Indoor Environmental Quality Issues in Portable Classrooms Used in Puerto Rico and Across the Caribbean

As has become a common sight on the U.S. mainland, schools in Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean often turn to portable classrooms to provide additional learning space. This is often due to overcrowding or when permanent school buildings have been damaged or are undergoing renovations. In any educational facility, a healthy indoor environment is crucial for students and faculty. However, with ...

Apr. 13, 2020

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

EPA Seeks Data Review to Assess Remaining Air Toxics Risks from 22 Industry Sectors

Washington, D.C. - EPA is soliciting public comment on data the agency intends to use in analyzing risks from air toxics emitted from 22 industrial sectors. EPA will use the data to conduct risk analyses to determine if additional standards are needed to address remaining risks from the 22 sectors. In addition, EPA will perform a technology review for each sector. The agency seeks comment on ...

Mar. 29, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

National COPD Awareness Month and Preventing Exposure to Respiratory Irritants and Airborne Pollutants in Puerto Rico

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, makes breathing difficult for the 16 million Americans who have been diagnosed with the condition. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that millions more suffer from the respiratory disease, but have not been diagnosed and are not being treated. To enhance exposure of the ...

Nov. 11, 2019

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

National COPD Awareness Month and Identifying Indoor Pollutants to Help those Suffering from the Disease

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The institute reports that 17 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with the disease and millions more likely have it, but have not officially been diagnosed. Globally, COPD affects 251 million people according ...

Nov. 2, 2020

By Clark Seif Clark Inc.

DEP Launches Long-Term Marcellus Shale Air Monitoring Study in Southwestern Pennsylvania

The Department of Environmental Protection announced today it has started a long-term, one-year air monitoring study of Marcellus Shale development. The study in Washington County will measure ambient airborne pollutants in an effort to determine potential air quality impacts associated with the processing and transmission of unconventional natural gas. "We operate on facts and sound science, ...

Jul. 23, 2012

By Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Indoor Air Quality Testing and Consulting Services Support the Efforts of Clean Air Month

Back in May of 1972, the American Lung Association (ALA) sponsored Clean Air Week for the first time to educate the public about the connection between clean air and respiratory health. In 1994, Clean Air Week was expanded to become Clean Air Month which is still recognized in May. Clean air is important for all humans since breathing polluted air, whether from an outdoor or indoor environment, ...

May 9, 2019

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Finalists of air pollution sensor challenge announced

Four finalists have been selected in the My Air, My Health Challenge, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its challenge partners. Each finalist will receive $15,000, and will transform their designs to measure air pollutants and related physiological measurements into working systems. One overall winner will receive a cash award of $100,000 to be announced in June 2013. The ...

Nov. 15, 2012

By National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

National COPD Awareness Month in Puerto Rico and Preventing Exposure to Airborne Pollutants

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, makes breathing difficult for the 17 million Americans who have been diagnosed with the condition according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The institute also reports that millions more likely have the disease, but have not yet been diagnosed. Tragically, COPD is a leading ...

Nov. 2, 2020

By Zimmetry Environmental

Gasmet highlights novel applications for FTIR gas analysis at Achema 2015

The Gasmet stand at ACHEMA, C53 in hall 11.1, will focus on the wide variety of applications for which FTIR gas analysis is now being applied, and will feature an innovative technology for the characterisation of paints and coatings. Traditional applications for FTIR include stack gas and process monitoring, in addition to occupational safety and environmental investigations. However, the Gasmet ...

Apr. 27, 2015

By Gasmet Technologies Oy

Signal StreetBox Compact System for Air Quality Monitoring

Signal has launched a unique product aimed at the gap in the market between full reference monitoring stations and simple absorption tubes. The StreetBox is an electrochemical sensor based, battery operated air pollution monitor capable of measuring up to three gases or PM10 plus environmental parameters such as wind speed and direction. Where reference equipment is expensive, large and ...

Mar. 22, 2007

By Signal Group Ltd

E-Cigarettes and Indoor Environmental Concerns Discussed in New Video

Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses how the growing popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) could be causing concerns indoor air quality (IAQ) concerns. In addition to nicotine, other substances may be inhaled by e-cigarette users and others. Aerosolized flavorings ...

May 25, 2015

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Blueair air pollution snapshot shows air pollution in Los Angeles and New York worse than in Beijing

Levels of air pollution in Los Angeles and New York City were higher at times the past week than in Beijing, according to a snapshot survey in early March conducted by Blueair, a global leader in indoor air purification systems. Using its Blueair Friend app that monitors outdoor air in thousands of locations across the USA and rest of the world, the Blueair comparison shows that Americans cannot ...

Mar. 7, 2016

By Blueair, Inc.

National COPD Awareness Month Discussed in New Online Video

Today the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of their latest educational video. Their newest production discusses National COPD Awareness Month, which takes place during the month of November. “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a serious lung disease that impacts millions of Americans, and hundreds of millions worldwide, making it hard to ...

Nov. 1, 2020

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

VOCs causing IAQ Problems across the Mid-Atlantic

VOCs include an assortment of chemicals used in our modern lives. VOCs are emitted as gases from many common solids or liquids used by industry to make the products all around us. Exposure to some of these VOCs may cause short or long term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors than outdoors. These VOCs are emitted by a wide collection of products, ...

Feb. 14, 2011

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

EPA and partners announce “my air, my health challenge”

To help researchers, communities, and doctors better understand the connection between air quality and a person’s health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Coordinator for Health Information Technology announced a nationwide challenge called My ...

Jun. 6, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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