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Fears over pesticide exposure in the month of conception

New research reveals that babies conceived in the spring and summer are more likely than others to be born with birth defects. One possible cause is the levels of pesticides in surface water happen to peak at the same time. The study, published in the US medical journal Acta Pædiatrica links the increasing number of birth defects in children of women whose last menstrual period occurred in April ...

May 1, 2009

By Health and Environment Alliance

EPA Issues Draft OCSPP National Program Manager Guidance

In June 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a draft Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) National Program Manager Guidance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019, which sets forth the strategies and actions that EPA and its state and ...

Jul. 10, 2017

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Get your Membrane Samples here!

Did you know that Sterlitech offers 16 different material types of microporous membrane and media disk filters? The available combinations of materials, pore, and disk sizes, equates to well over 1000 unique filters. To many, that may sound like an overwhelming selection to ...

Jul. 6, 2017

By Sterlitech Corporation

Valeport Sponsor Team Hummingbird to Final of the IET Formula 24 Series

An all-female team of budding racing drivers and technicians from Plymouth High School for Girls is celebrating as they secured a coveted place at the international final of the IET Formula 24 series, a competitive race series for electric vehicles designed, engineered and driven by 11-16 year olds. Sponsorship from Totnes-based Valeport, one of the UK’s leading ...

Jul. 6, 2017

By Valeport Ltd

Oregon Guard Soldiers Sue Military Contractor over Hexavalent Chromium Exposure

LA Testing provides hexavalent chromium and other metal testing services to keep soldiers and industrial workers safe from the cancer causing materials. Garden Grove, CA, September 20th, 2010 Last month a federal judge ruled a lawsuit by some veterans of the Oregon Army National Guard could proceed against a major contractor from the war in Iraq. The veterans ...

Sep. 20, 2010

By EMSL Analytical, Inc.

EPA awards over $200,000 to the Oklahoma department of labor to reduce exposure to asbestos

A grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will assist in reducing asbestos exposure in schools and state buildings in Oklahoma. The grant for $234,713, given to the Oklahoma Department of Labor (ODOL), will be used for inspections and encouraging compliance with the Asbestos in Schools Program which is designed to protect the health of school children and other occupants as well as ...

Mar. 7, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

NIVUS, the measurement technology manufacturer celebrates its 50th anniversary

At the 1st of June 1967, company founder Udo Steppe started his own business founding NIVUS. In a time when the first microwave oven was introduced and the first ATMs were put into operation, Udo Steppe began trading in measurement systems for bulk solids and liquids. The beginning of the seventies saw his pioneering work by launching ultrasound technology for industrial level measurement. ...

Jul. 5, 2017

By NIVUS GmbH

BioCycle July - Equipment News

Shredder-Grinder Combo Doppstadt DZ 750 Kombi The Doppstadt DZ 750 Kombi combines the power of a slow-speed shredder and the precision of a high-speed grinder on a single chassis. In one pass, the shredder-grinder processes heavily contaminated source material and produces high quality finished product. The Kombi contains a primary, heavy-duty ceramic magnet before the ...

Jul. 1, 2017

By BioCycle Magazine

EPA Awards the State of Oklahoma Over $240,000 to Reduce Exposure to Asbestos in Schools and State Buildings

The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Oklahoma Department of Labor $242,322 to help reduce exposure to asbestos in schools and state buildings through compliance monitoring. The funds will be used by the ODOL to complete audit inspections in local schools during the upcoming school year. Asbestos inspections are a traditional method of encouraging compliance with the Asbestos in ...

Oct. 9, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

IFAT is over

Stunning experience. A very successful week, a lot of contacts and new customers from all over the world! Many thanks to all of you. Next appointments: RWM Birmingham, Ecomondo Rimini and Pollutec Lyon. Keep following ...

Jun. 9, 2016

By SatrindTech Srl

Country management for exposure limits

The country management is a new parameter introduced in EuSHEET to allow you to associate a country to every specific limit, included in the table in section 8, and to print the safety data sheet which contains only the limits related to the selected country. Country management activation It is possible to enable the country management by entering the menu Utilities → ...

Jul. 1, 2013

By Selerant srl

The fundamentals of REACH exposure scenarios

Exposure scenarios constitute the tool to certify adequate control over substances and make sure they do not pose any risks to human beings or the environment. This is how you make sure they are valid for compliance with REACH. Exposure scenarios are required as an annex to safety data sheets. Substance manufacturers or importers of more than one tonne per year need to compile a technical ...

Nov. 18, 2009

The Comet Assay and Occupational Exposure

The Comet assay is being used with increasing popularity in biomonitoring studies to determine the level of DNA damage in workers exposed to potentially hazardous chemicals and radiation. The assay is an ideal biomarker for such investigations due to its sensitivity and reliability in detecting DNA damage and repair. A large number of research groups are utilising our ...

Mar. 30, 2011

By Perceptive Instruments Ltd.

Managing exposure to nanoparticles in the workplace

It is estimated that approximately 2 million workers will be employed in nanotechnology industries worldwide in the next fifteen years. A new study reviews an existing framework of occupational risk management and describes possible methods for controlling exposure to nanomaterials in workplaces. The manufacture and use of nanomaterials is increasing. Although this is creating more jobs, those ...

Apr. 22, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

Exposure Control Plans

EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN British Columbia Occupational Health and Safety Regulations require employers to ensure that workers are not exposed to a substance that exceeds the limits as prescribed by the American Conference Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). If you operate in BC, you are required to identify potential health risks and ...

Mar. 13, 2012

Mesothelioma and the hazards of asbestos exposure

As a result of the recently declared Public Health Emergency in Libby, Montana on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency, asbestos awareness has been on the rise. Considering the presence of asbestos-containing materials in older homes and buildings, and the fact that asbestos is not banned in the United States, public health officials advise citizens to educate themselves on the risks of ...

Jul. 14, 2009

Conflict warning over nile

Four East African states have signed an agreement to seek more water from the River Nile, a move strongly opposed by Egypt and Sudan. These two countries get 90% of the river"s water under colonial-era regulations; upstream countries wish to rectify this balance. Upstream countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia say it is unfair and want a new deal but nothing has been agreed in ...

May 19, 2010

Is global warming all over?

The recent fall in global temperatures has led to increasing speculation that global warming is a thing of the past. Despite this fall, a look at global average temperatures reveals a different picture. It shows large variability in our climate year-on-year – warmer some years, cooler in others - but what is very clear is an underlying rise over the longer term, almost certainly caused by ...

May 1, 2008

By The Met Office

Aerosols increasing over India

Aerosols — particles or droplets suspended in the air that impact climate by scattering or absorbing the sun’s radiation — are increasing across India, new research shows. The findings by S. Ramachandran and colleagues from the space and atmospheric sciences division of ...

Dec. 15, 2011

By SciDev.Net

Podcast: The Fight Over Fracking

The Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA), in partnership with CH2M, is pleased to announce the newest episode of COGA’s “What Turns You On?“ podcast series – The Fight over Fracking. In this episode of the COGA Energy Podcast, best-selling author and Managing Director of Lime Rock Partners, Gary Sernovitz, comes to us live from the 2016 Rocky Mountain Energy ...

Sep. 22, 2016

By CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

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