Acrylonitrile spill at local Deakin campus

The EMKG Expo Tool 2.0 is an electronic tool for estimating the inhalation exposure at the workplace under the obligations under REACH . Like the underlying "Simple Measures Concept Hazardous Substances (EMR)", the tool is based on a control banding approach. Its simple structure makes it easy to distinguish ...

A BAuA analysis of measurement data for industrial and professional spraying activities compared to exposure estimates provided by the risk assessment tool, ECETOC TRA for PROC 7 and PROC 11, activities suggests the model values may not be sufficiently conservative for these process categories. As the lack of field/experimental data does not allow ...

A new review article from Gradient, an environmental risk sciences consulting firm, evaluated the basis of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' (ACGIH) decision to lower the occupational exposure limits, known as threshold limit values (TLVs) for tolune diisocyanate  (TDI). The review concluded ACGIH’s deci...

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar, the local authority which covers the Western Isles, was today fined after a boy suffered chemical burns.Stornoway Sheriff Court heard how, on 11 July 2017, employees of the local authority had cleaned the slipway and steps of the pier at Valtos Pier in Uig using sodium hypochlorite. Later that day, two children were crabb...

This volume of the IARC Monographs provides evaluations of the carcinogenicity of welding and welding fumes, molybdenum trioxide  and Indium tin oxide.Worldwide, an estimated 11 million workers have a job title of welder, and around 110 million additional workers probably incur welding-related exposures. Welding can involve...