This report compares the monitoring technologies and sampling protocols currently used or required by the United States, and in similarly industrialized countries for the control of respirable coal ...
Coal remains one of the principal sources of energy for the United States, and the nation has been a world leader in coal production for more than 100 years. According to U.S. Energy Information ...
MSHA has issued a final rule aimed at lowering miners’ exposure to respirable coalmine dust in underground and surface coalmines. According to MSHA, the final rule lowers levels of miners’ exposure to ...
Exposure to crystalline silica ranks among the most frequent occupational exposures to a carcinogen following environmental tobacco smoke and exposure to ambient UV light (Kauppinen et al., 2000). The ...
Monitor real-time coal dust exposure with a respirable personal dust monitor designed specifically for mining applications in the United States. The Thermo Scientific™ PDM3700 Personal Dust Monitor ...
According to Casella, a company that supplies dust, noise, and vibration monitoring equipment, the Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1.7 workers in the United States are exposed to respirable ...
(Nanowerk Spotlight) Until more information becomes available on the mechanisms underlying nanomaterial toxicity, it is uncertain what measurement technique should be used to monitor exposures in the ...