The Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists has just released the final version of its position paper Adjustment of Workplace Exposure Standards for Extended Work Shifts. Other AIOH publications and position papers are availble here: AIOH Position papers Adjustment of Workplace Exposure Standards for Extended Work Shifts Asbestos Diesel Particulate and […]
By synchronising a real-time record of a toxic exposure with a video of the event, the subtleties of the effects of work practices and effectiveness of controls can be better appreciated. A series of Pimex Videos is availble to viewing/download from NEPSI (a European Network for silica formed by Employee […]
PIMEX Videos
The independent UK Committe on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment COMARE released a report on May 6, 2011 “COMARE 14th Report: Further consideration of the incidence of childhood leukaemia around nuclear power plants in Great Britain”. The report concludes that the risk risk estimate for childhood leukaemia associated […]
Leukaemia and nuclear power
The design flaws in the Fukushima reactors were noted by the reactor designer Alvin Weinberg, which lead to his sacking in 1973. It looks like vested interests have concealed these shortcomings, despite cooling problems leading to the problems at Three Mile Island. The outcomes of this event will totally reshape the whole nuclear industry.
Reactor Safety
Magic Erasers wear rapidly and would release nanofibres into the air. It does not appear that there are any published toxicity studies on these fine melamine fibres. Being fine, they would not be unpleasant to inhale. How toxic is the dust?
Magic Eraser nanotoxicity?
I suspect the “failures” of the Japanese nuclear reactors after the March 2011 earthquake will present less of a health problem than the media is reporting (see postscript at the end – I could be wrong) In normal operations, a nuclear power station is likely to produce a much smaller […]
Japanese reactor safety
Tissue engineering at Yale has achieved functioning rat lungs repopulated with cells from another animal. Will this lead to replacement lungs with no tissue rejection for people with damaged lungs?
Lung Engineering
Brazilian carpenter ants become zombies when infected with a parasitic fungus that causes the ant to cling to an exposed surface. The ants dies and the fungus grows through their head to fall on other ants on the ground, to repeat the cycle.
Brazillian zombie ants
Claims that underfloor heating produce no electrmagnetic radiation are spurious, as there is no appreciable radiation with an antenna the size of a room. Electromagnetic fields - electric and magnetic are another matter, but it is likely only magnetic fields at 50Hz would be an issue.
Radiation vs Fields with underfloor heating
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