Employees working in the harsh environments found in cold stores and refrigerated warehouses, where temperatures can reach temperatures as low as -40°C, often encounter extremely serious and poten...
One full credit is offered by the US Green Building Council for LEED IEQ credit 3.2 in new and renovated buildings. This requires the air handling system in the building to be run, or the space &ldquo...
It is now well recognised that occupational disease is the biggest cause of work-related deaths in the UK and that thousands of people suffer from the results of an occupational disease each year....
An Urban Community is a local, intermunicipal government institution, regrouping cities over a large territory. Every year, its technical department carries out numerous studies and measurements d...
Success of mosquitoes as insect vectors of human disease is linked to their ability to seek out, pin-point and target human hosts in preference animal hosts, achieved by strong insect attraction t...
Worldwide, increasingly stringent regulations are coming into force limiting the exposure of workers to industrial noise. Over 1 million employees in Great Britain are exposed to levels of noise wh...
The role that sample containers play in the field of research is changing. These days research laboratories, whether it be for clinical trials, QA/AC pharmaceuticals, drugs manufacturers, forensic...
Tim Turney, Product Manager for Noise Instrumentation at Casella Measurement Ltd, reviews and explores how noise dosimeters play a more important role in workplace noise assessments.
It is now almost a year since the compulsory full application of the ATEX “User” Directive (199/92/EC) throughout the European Economic Area and it is worth reviewing how things are progressing a...
The illegal trade in and manufacture of drugs represent enormous factors in the global economy and crime statistics world-wide. The number of people harmed is constantly growing as the average age of...