I may have been the first to publish about the ticking time-bomb of Hessian bags used to to transport asbestos, then used to make carpet underlay. Bromwich, D. W. (2006). “The 2005 Australian Asbestos Codes of Practice – An Occupational Hygiene Perspective.” Journal of Occupational Health and Safety – Australia […]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
The 2009 Bushfires Royal Commission Interim Report has just been released, following the disastrous Bushfires in Victoria in January 2009 where 73 people died. Some of the recommendations do not seem to have been though out. For example, Recommendation 7.1 includes “the safest option is always to leave early rather […]
2009 BushFires Royal Commission Interim Report
CHOICE, the Australian Consumers Association contacted me about swine flu and but this ion their website on May 1 2009.
CHOICE on swine flu
A US Institute of Medicine task force has just reported on the use of PPE with the H1N1 Swine Flu. Of particular interest is early findings from Professor MacIntyre’s (University of New South Wales) study into PPE in Chinese hospitals Major findings of the task force from an occupational hygiene […]