If you do a search on “stories of mold” on the internet, you will find many horrible stories about people becoming seriously ill and having a hard time recovering. Of people having to leave their homes and most everything in them. Of people having terrible financial issues. Buildings that have become contaminated with mold, from …
About Mold Mold has an important job in the environment which is to break down organic material. There are thousands of species of mold; the most common indoor molds are Cladosporium, Penicillium, and Aspergillus. Together, mold and moisture can wreak havoc on indoor air quality. All mold needs to grow is nutrients, oxygen, and moisture. …
About Legionnaires’ Disease With summer coming, it is prudent to keep Legionnaires’ Disease in mind. Legionella is a naturally- occurring aquatic bacteria that is not a problem until it becomes amplified in man-made water systems. It does best in warm, stagnant water or water that does not have enough disinfectant. Most outbreaks occur in buildings …
A Breath of Fresh Air Can Go a Long Way Studies show that Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors on average, and those who are most vulnerable to the adverse effects of pollution tend to spend even more time indoors. This means people could be more exposed to the harmful effects of indoor …
Health and Safety Plans In the prior four blogs of this series, we discussed Industrial Hygiene as it relates to silica, noise, exposure monitoring, and OSHA Inspections. In the final part of this series, we discuss Health and Safety Plans (HSPs). Industrial Hygiene is all about worker health and safety and is an important factor …
OSHA Inspections Industrial Hygiene is about forecasting the risks that workers may face on the job, finding and analyzing potential issues, and preparing for ways to control hazardous exposure. Employers are required to ensure the safety of their workers in accordance with OSHA standards (as well as any other applicable state or federal laws). To …
What is Exposure Monitoring? Industrial Hygiene deals with planning for or anticipating, identifying, analyzing, and finding ways to control workers’ exposure to dangerous elements. In the identifying phase, Industrial Hygienists determine how much, while performing their job, a worker is exposed to a danger in terms of frequency, duration, and magnitude. In the prior two …
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