by Tony Watson, CIH, CSP | Industrial Hygiene
Occasionally questions arise concerning the adjustment of occupational exposure limits for work shifts exceeding the traditional eight-hour work day. Since most of the regulatory and recommended exposure limits are based on the eight-hour workday, the effect of...
by Tony Watson, CIH, CSP | Industrial Hygiene
Concern regarding occupational exposures to hexavalent chromium has been growing in recent years. This is primarily a result of epidemiologic studies that have consistently shown a link between exposure to hexavalent chromium compounds and excess lung cancers. The...
by Tony Watson, CIH, CSP | Industrial Hygiene
Workplace Hygiene offers respirator fit testing courses several times during the year. Attendees generally consist of safety professionals, occupational nurses, industrial hygienists, program administrators, fit test technicians, and others. We have found that among...
