Personal exposure sampling provides the most accurate and representative assessment of exposure to a pollutant, but only if measures are implemented to minimize exposure misclassification and reduce ...

Exposure monitoring involves the evaluation of all exposures to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents and the implementation of control measures to mitigate the exposures. The ...

In response to the health risks of lead pipe removal and replacement, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a new set of guidelines to protect workers.

Monitoring and sampling for dusts, gases, vapors, and mists should be a part of any personal exposure assessment initiative and is not only accepted practice, it represents best practice when done ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has released a compliance guide to accompany its recent methylene chloride rule. The rule, finalized in April, bans most uses of the popular, yet hazardous, ...

The director of the Radiation Safety Office at Mount Sinai Hospital, Dr. Jacob Kamen is a certified health physicist who oversees the medical center’s use of ionizing radiation. A 20-year veteran in ...

One of the challenges for Department of Defense public health experts in determining the impact of exposures on service members is identifying specific exposures and quantifying the exposure level ...

On November 11, the IAEA published a report on “Corroboration of External Exposure Monitoring: Performance of Whole-Body, Extremity and Eye-Lens Dosemeters” for the corroboration of occupational ...

Summer is around the corner -- time for cookouts and sunbathing. But too much sun can result in sunburn, which is the main cause of skin cancer. Because the time it takes to get burned depends on many ...