Over 40 years ago, the topic of indoor air quality (IAQ) was not yet a line item on our national agenda. Beginning in the 1960’s, the concept of outdoor air pollution gained momentum to the point that it was considered a credible health risk. The government eventually intervened. In 1970 Congress proposed and President Nixon Read More
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Grain dust explosions are often catastrophic events. The dust is highly combustible in any environment where fine particles accumulate and heat is present.
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Triggers for workplace explosions fall into two categories: fumes and dust. While fumes can often be detected by smell, dust is much more insidious. Dust particles can hide in workshop and factory nooks and crannies and can ignite with only the smallest of sparks.
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Remedying poor workplace indoor air quality is more of a modern notion, one that did not become a driving force within the medical, environmental, and clean air policy communities until many years after pollution as a healthcare concern became a nationwide talking point.
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The potential for dust particulates to ignite and create a flash fire or explosion is a constant hazard in just about every industry. The reason is that just about everything, including wood, has the potential to be combustible when in dust form. Because they are solids, the dusts and powders that settle onto equipment, in passageways, and in nooks and crannies of a manufacturing plant, accumulate.
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When most people hear the word “styrene”, they think first about the consumer scare in recent years of chemical leaching into our food and drink via plastic cups and containers. But the real threat – one that affects millions of people on a daily basis – is found at work, not in the kitchen
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Unfortunately, workers in the grain production industry cannot avoid exposure as eliminating the source of risk, the cereal grain itself, is not an option. But there are ways to protect personnel from the health hazards associated with cereal grain dust.
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There are few home design amenities valued more by consumers, builders, renovators and decorators than stone countertops. The warmth and beauty imparted from surface coverings using natural stone, such as quartz, granite, and marble, have long been considered a luxury item in new homes and kitchen and bathroom restorations. But if one is to consider Read More
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Breathing clean, pure air at work should be a right, not a privilege. And yet, indoor air quality (IAQ) issues continue to challenge business owners year after year. 2016 has been no different. Regardless of industry, four key categories of indoor air pollution prove the most problematic: molds, fumes, dust, and VOCs.
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During rehab construction or remodeling, when walls are knocked down or additions are built, dust is produced in large amounts. While contractors are primarily focused on completing the task they were hired to do, they also must account for the indoor air quality during the work phase – for the health of both their workers and the building’s occupants.
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