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	Health & Safety E-Zine July 2010

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Not All Hazards are the Same: Design considerations for matching flame and gas hazards to detector technologies
Not all flame and gas hazards in facilities are the same, therefore the detection technology chosen should be specific to the type of hazard to be detected. How do users select technologies to see certain fires or detect certain gases? The intent of this paper is to give a broad introduction to the selection and use of flame and gas detector technologies. We will answer questions such as these: When should a flame-detector solution use infrared vs. ultraviolet detectors? Which gas-detector ...

Analysis of Contaminants in Foods
Concern for food is rising these days due to events of contamination with toxins and deceptive labeling of origin, etc., and one concern related to food safety is contamination with foreign substances. Identification and qualitative characterization of a foreign material is essential for defining the cause of contamination, and use of the Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) is one of the quickest and the easiest means of accomplishing this. Here, we introduce actual cases in which ...

Apogee Instruments, Inc.
Apogee Instruments is a research-intensive company dedicated to the development of innovative environmental sensors. Apogee's goal is to help customers make better measurements, which translates to developing quality instruments and providing a high level of customer support. The product line includes an infrared radiometer for measuring surface temperatures of plant canopies, soils, water, snow, and roads, a pyranometer for measuring total solar radiation, handheld quantum meters and quantum sensors for measuring photosynthetically active radiation, a UV sensor, a portable spectroradiometer, and a soil oxygen sensor for measuring respiration and aeration.

Cleaning mold containing surfaces
Once a determination is made that a moldy surface can be cleaned instead of removed or demolished, what cleaning agents are effective in removing or killing ...
Environmental and human health risks of aerosolized silver nanoparticles
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are gaining attention from the academic and regulatory communities, not only because of their antimicrobial effects and subsequent ...
Detecting Gases: What You Can`t Smell Can Hurt You
Walking through a drill-site area, a worker smells rotten eggs and stops tor a minute or two to assess where a gas leak might exist. Rubbing his itchv ...
ABC Tree commits to safety, curbs fines with Intelex software
TORONTO—Courtesy of Intelex Technologies Inc.’s proven Safety Management Solutions, U.S. vegetation and utility management provider ABC Tree ...
Washington: safe for humans?
Many stakeholders question whether EPA will carefully and consistently qualify what the test results mean – and do not mean. Hundreds of U.S. businesses ...
Biomonitoring of indoor air genotoxic properties in ten schools using Scindapsus aureus
School is the most important indoor environment for children besides their home. Indoor air quality in school is a critical parameter that needs to be ...

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