Smoking out the dangers
Increasingly large and intense wildfires in the Pacific Northwest of the US are altering the seasonal pattern of air pollution and causing a spike in unhealthy pollutants in August, new research appears to find. The smoke seems to be undermining clean air gains, posing potential risks to the health of millions.
Why monitor dust in the workplace?
By Josh Thomas, Ashtead Technology
Flexible and future proof gas detection
Ashtead Technology has announced that the TSI Environmental DustTrak™ Aerosol Monitors in its fleet of particulate matter (PM) monitors have achieved MCERTS approval. "As...
Danger in the air we breathe
A report in September by the European Environment Agency revealed that almost a third of the people living in Europe’s cities are exposed to...
Power-thrifty dust monitor stands on its own
ENVIRO Technology Services is now offering the EDM180 environmental dust monitor from German manufacturer Grimm Aerosol. The EDM180 is a stationary monitor for simultaneous,...
Continuous PM reading with compact unit
The Fidas® Frog is a compact fine dust monitor with a detachable control panel for indoor and workplace exposure measurements.
Available from instrumentation firm Palas,...
Martian dust could pose health risks to future astronauts
A new study attempts to itemise the laundry list of toxic ingredients in the red planet's atmospheric dust, and the various health risks...
Study links fine particles to death rates
Exposure to toxic air pollutants is linked to increased cardiovascular and respiratory death rates, according to a new, international study
Sorex Sensors launch first dust sensor based on film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology
The University of Cambridge spin-out has launched its first product based on its seemingly breakthrough sensor technology
Uncharted dust
A new study in Sweden indicates a need for caution in the metals recycling sector, where elevated levels of metals in the blood of...
Clean Air Coalition warns the Scottish Government must get tougher on wood burning
To mark Clean Air Night (22 January), Healthy Air Scotland, a coalition of public health, transport and environmental charities is calling on the Scottish...
9-11 responders with the greatest exposure to toxic dust have a higher likelihood of...
World Trade Center responders had a higher likelihood of developing liver disease if they arrived at the site right after the attacks as opposed...
Smart, affordable monitor
Instrument firm Oizom has launched an industrial-grade, single-parameter air quality monitor - AQBot - capable of measuring a range of gases in addition to particulate matter.
The fine particle threat from DC motors
An electric air fryer.
Ultrafine particles (UFPs) emitted from small home appliances with electric heating coils and brushed DC motors are an unhappy addition to...
Fifteen years on, the dust has still to settle
The estimated 1,000 tons of asbestos-rich dust released in the collapse of the World Trade Centre has the potential to claim more lives says...
Real-time collection of particle data
German instruments firm GRIMM has released the EDM265, which provides real-time monitoring of particle number and particle size in addition to information on particle surface distribution and dust mass distribution
Time to get real?
Recent years have seen a concerted drive to better understand and monitor various chemical and physical agents in the workplace, including things like machine vibration. One recent development along these lines is the drive to provide real-time monitoring of dust, as instrumentation firm Casella explains here.
Dust monitoring workshop draws a crowd
IN February instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology and monitoring instrument manufacturer TSI co-hosted a technical workshop which focused on monitoring workplace and environmental air quality....
“You can’t control what you can’t measure”: Keeping track of IAQ
Public health initiatives around air pollution have closely tracked the availability of technologies for monitoring. Instrumentation firm ACOEM UK is supporting emerging initiatives in...
The height of practicality: Measuring PM in the clouds above Delhi
The drone incorporating the low-cost PM sensor, AE-51 micro-aethalometer, and meteorological sensors (image credit: Ajit Ahlawat, TU Delft / TROPOS).
Cost-effective sensors on drones...
