Ion Science ‘Titan’ achieves Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification
World’s first continuous, real-time benzene specific monitor set to help refineries meet new EPA regulations covering mandatory fence line monitoring
Having recently been awarded Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification and on the back of increasingly stringent benzene exposure limits in the USA, Ion Science’s (www.ionscience.com) ‘Titan’ continuous, real-time benzene specific monitor is set to help petroleum refineries meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards. These regulations, which come into force in 2018, are designed to reduce toxic chemical emissions, improve air quality and significantly decrease risk to public health in communities surrounding these facilities.
A non-profit safety organization established over 100 years ago, UL is widely recognized as a world leader in product safety testing and certification. Following high profile litigation cases, such as that involving four-year old Jarrett McElheney who contracted leukaemia while living on a mobile home park opposite a tank farm for storage of petroleum products, benzene exposure limits have been changing. The Occupational Health & Safety Administration, (OHSA), has already tightened limits; for example in June 2014, California lowered its long-term exposure level for the carcinogen from 20ppm to 1ppb.