The opportunity to view workplaces remotely with additional sound and instrument data streams is just just around the corner.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Keeping up with advances in the understanding of occupational diseases is difficult for occupational hygienists, as most of these advances are outside the scope of occupational hygiene.
Occupational Asthma
The Scientific American September 2001 has an article by Joan Raymond The Shape of a Nose that has implications for inhalation toxicology. [The original article is Noback, M. L., K. Harvati, et al. (2011). “Climate-related variation of the human nasal cavity.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145(4): 599-614] “Scientists have long been interested in the relation between […]
The Shape of a Nose
Todays communiocations tools like Twitter and Google Maps bring an immediacy to world events that tends to keep ahead of most news feeds. The fall of Tripoli is a historic event that has been bought alive with Twitter.
Tripoli
Some people say "this Friday" if you are earlier in the week. But if you say "next Friday" you mean the week later. Its best to avoid terms like "next Friday".
Next Friday
Chemical suits often limit activity to perhaps 20 minutes to half an hour. Image what is is like to work in medieval armour? It may have lead to the defeat of the stronger French armour in the Battle of Agincourt. A University of Leeds treadmill study with replica armour supports this.
The problems with armour
Local newspapers report the silt from from the Queensland Floods is toxic, but fail to recognise a child is wearing inappropriate respiratory protection on a front page story while shovelling dried silt.
Flood silt and respiratory protection
Standards Australia is planning to introduce a 50+ category for sunscreens with the publication of DR AS/NZS 2604 Sunscreen products—Evaluation and classification, but I think the idea is wrong. I have reviewed the new draft standard and strongly support the Cancer Council’s view that the SPF50+ rating will lead people […]
SPF50+ Sunscreen
Android phones and other phones with sensors may find a place in OHS practice, even if the phone sensors are crude.
Android applications
Wrinkled fingers with wet work may have evolved to give better grip, but the benefits may be outweighed by dermatitis from wet work.