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Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) features news, studies and emerging developments relating to health.

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Featured Product: Combustible/Explosive Dust Collector

May 26, 2020
Gold Series X-Flo industrial dust collectors safely handle all the fine, fibrous, toxic and combustible dusts. When equipped with a Camfil explosion vent, they offer the highest combustible dust explosion protection in accordance with NFPA and ATEX standards.
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EHS software about more than compliance

Embrace new processes
May 13, 2020

Pamala Bobbitt, Vice President of Product Marketing at Cority, says, “One of my passions is helping people understand how technology can support, not re-create, their programs.” ISHN asked Bobbitt some questions on how companies are adapting to EHS technology.


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Digitization reduces risk, optimizes safety lifecycle

Digitization reduces risk, optimizes safety lifecycle

Automated approach
A.M. (Tony) Downes
May 6, 2020
In the process industries, poor safety performance has significant business implications. Plants need a comprehensive approach to the safety lifecycle addressing key requirements ranging from HAZOP studies, to operations and maintenance, and finally revalidation with the plant’s historian and maintenance data.
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Respiratory Protection Program (RPP)

What is a Respiratory Protection Program and when do you need one?

Clean, comfortable, compliant
Karena Dyer
May 5, 2020
Employee exposure to airborne contaminates in the working environment and an insufficient respiratory program, or the lack of one, may result in OSHA violations and fines. It is essential as an employer to understand the importance of respiratory protection and when a Respiratory Protection Program (RPP) is needed.
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12 Critical COVID-19 EHS Practices
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12 Critical COVID-19 EHS Practices

What your peers are doing on the frontlines
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Dave Johnson
May 5, 2020

ISHN interviewed a score of EHS professionals to learn and share with you critical crisis practices that must be executed with careful thought and planning, and at the same time with urgency and speed. It’s an unprecedented challenge. Here are 12 ways pros are rising to the occasion.


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EHS software

Don’t get bogged down in complex EHS software

Keep it simple
Glenn Trout
April 1, 2020
The larger your workforce, the harder it is to keep everyone on the same page and ensure the health and safety of your employees. That’s why so many companies today turn to EHS software to centralize and standardize the management of their people and critical EHS tasks.
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EVENTS

Webinar

Contact: Adam Thomas

Gas Detectors: The most common mistakes people make when using atmospheric monitors

Learn the most common mistakes people make when using atmospheric monitors. Join Bob Henderson from GFG Instrumentation for this educational webinar. Read More

Webinar Industry

9/22/16

Bang! Damage from impulse noise and the effectiveness of hearing protection

Some of the most hazardous sounds we hear are brief sounds – noises from impacts and impulses. These arise from sources like household tools, construction, industrial noise, firecrackers, guns, and even automotive airbags. Read More

Webinar Industry

5/23/17
Contact: Ryan Peltier

Zika Virus: An Emerging Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Risks and Prevention in the Workplace

Zika Virus: An Emerging Infectious Disease, Epidemiology, Risks and Prevention in the Workplace will present the history and evolution of the Zika Virus including understanding the geographic areas and populations at risk, the epidemiology of the disease, modes of transmission, case definitions, clinical presentation, health effects, surveillance and prevention in the workplace and in the community. Read More

DOCUMENTS AND FILES

Determination of Mercury in Water

August 12, 2013
Water is the most abundant compound on the Earth’s surface, covering 71% of its surface area.[1] It is a vital component for all known forms of life and is the aquatic habitat for thousands of species of microalgae, fish and shellfish.[2]