OSHA issues citations and penalties if businesses violate permissible exposure limits (PEL). PELs are legal limits designed to control employee exposure to hazardous substances in an eight-hour period ...

Personal PM monitoring is considered a better method to estimate actual exposure than stationary monitoring 9, 10, 11 and has been applied to adults and older children. 12 However, personal monitoring ...

In part one of this series (May 2003), we explained the need for personal sampling, reviewed passive monitors and personal sampling pumps, and examined OSHA's substance-specific standards and their ...

The Apex, a new series of personal air sampling pumps, has been launched by Casella CEL for use by occupational and industrial hygienists, health, safety and environmental monitoring consultants and ...

Manganese (Mn) is ubiquitous in the environment and essential for normal growth and development, yet excessive exposure can lead to impairments in neurological function. This study modeled ambient Mn ...

You don't have to be a certified industrial hygienist to do personal air sampling." That's what I've told hundreds of participants in introductory industrial hygiene courses I have taught since 1994.