| Subject | Date Asked |
|
| Copy/printer machines | 4/24/2009 |
Q: I work for the US census and have recently (past week) had a large copy machine moved next to my ...
A: http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iii/otm_iii_2.html#2 (Scroll down to the section on ozone) ...
|
| Safe Drinking Water | 3/11/2009 |
Q: I work at a hospital that has an adjoining clinic. This clinic does some laboratory testing, such as ...
A: The first applicable is that if you have the job of determining hazards, you can just declare the ...
|
| food and drinks in workarea with hazmat | 10/7/2008 |
Q: i can not find anywhere where it says that there can not be any food or drinks in the workplace with ...
A: It is hard to find. 29CFR 1910.141 (g) Consumption of food and beverages on the premises—(1) ...
|
| sewer systems in apartments | 8/24/2008 |
Q: I live in an apartment complex (like and old army/navy base) and I continuously get foul smells in ...
A: Yes, it can be true. All systems are fitted with traps and vent pipes, even in a house. These ...
|
| Arsenic in drinking water and vegetables | 7/4/2008 |
Q: I stay in West Bengal, India, and there is arsenic contamination of water in certain districts of ...
A: The only way to do arsenic at home is to purchase test kits. These are available from many ...
|
| Asphalt shingles | 10/8/2007 |
Q: I was wondering about harmful leaching of asphalt shingles. Should I be concerned about the ...
A: If you are talking roof shingles, the runoff from the roof will be unmeasurable within a very short ...
|
| cell phone towers | 4/14/2007 |
Q: the towers which cell phone companies erect to empliphy and further broadcast there signals at ...
A: From the studies I have seen, it is similar to background exposures in a big city. ...
|
| Stagnant water in sprinkler system | 2/8/2007 |
Q: I am a preschool teacher. Today some pipes to our sprinkler system froze and burst. The water had a ...
A: There is no comparison between the two waters. Sewage is heavily loaded with bacteria with very ...
|
| Whales mercury | 10/21/2006 |
Q: I've been having an argument with fundamentalist, on a Yahoo Group, who is from the anti-mercury ...
A: For such arguments, just stick with "provide me a copy of the refereed scientific journal" ...
|
| Health issues of sharing Hardhats | 8/21/2006 |
Q: At my workplace they have stablished a hardhats & gloves sharing policy meaning that whenever we ...
A: I don't think you will find anything specific, but you should call an OSHA office anonymously to ...
|
| Emission factor | 5/16/2006 |
Q: How do I calculate emission (g/s) for 10 000 tonnes of MSW Incinerated.
A: If the emission factors exist they would be in AP-42 ...
|
| carbon monoxide | 1/8/2006 |
Q: Boyter Jr., I will be moving into a small apartment that's directly over a garage / carport (it's ...
A: Past CO is long gone. Present day CO is highly dependent on the car owner. You should get a CO and ...
|
| germs on money | 10/7/2005 |
Q: How long are germs viable on currency and coin? I work with it daily and wonder if the "bird flu" ...
A: Here is the latest. Simple transfer does not seem possible, similar to HIV. ...
|
| Difference between Long-term effects | 6/22/2004 |
Q: Dr. Henry Boyter, Jr. I am doing a research project for toxicology, and am having difficulty ...
A: They can mean the same thing or two different things depending on who defines them (and I have heard ...
|
| art materials and the environmental impact | 4/1/2004 |
Q: course: environmental issues junior college level I am an illustrator at an Art School. On a daily ...
A: Two things to point out first. ANYTHING you use is toxic. Table salt is toxic, sugar is toxic, all ...
|
| logic and government do not mix well? | 11/28/2001 |
Q: If you were asked to refute the points raised below in the following article, what would your ...
A: What he says is largely correct. It is what he doesn't say that is interesting (by he way, note how ...
|
| biological growth in metal working fluids (i.e., coolant) | 10/5/2001 |
Q: Can bacteria and fungi grow in metal working fluids? If so, what types can grow and what are the ...
A: First, I am not a microbiologist and no expert on this subject. I have to say though as an ...
|
| Toxic landfill | 3/27/2001 |
Q: I recently found out that a park that I played in as a child plus the lake I swam in plus the water ...
A: You have asked questions, that without much more detail and research, I can not answer. From your ...
|
| Plastic wraps | 1/9/2001 |
Q: My wife saw an article in a magazine recently about the dangers of food coming into contact with ...
A: Go to http://www.plasticsinfo.org/food/index.html ...
|
| formadehyde | 3/2/2000 |
Q: At my workplace my office is adjecent to a medical lab, they use it for testing human bones. It has ...
A: There are simple detector badges that you can wear all day. Suggest that, they can pick up changes. ...
|
