The IH Blog
SGS Environment, Health, and Safety Arrives in Chicago – Opening New Innovative Lab
Part of being SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection, and certification company, means always evolving and integrating sustainable environmental solutions worldwide. That’s why we’re bridging the gaps between global and local markets, growing with the purpose of...
Assuring Indoor/Outdoor Workers are Protected from Wildfire Pollutants
Tim Quinn, Industries & Environment, Sr. Product Manager - Cloud Monitoring The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) clearly states that not only emergency personnel fighting wildfires have potential of hazardous exposure to smoke and its...
What was Causing High Benzene Levels in that Grassy Field? SGS Galson’s AIHR Shark Figured It Out.
Chris Schepcoff, Environment, Health and Safety, Business Development Manager EPA 325’s original intent was to regulate oil refineries for benzene concentrations at property fencelines. What followed was individual states and communities getting on board with...
What’s in the Air After the Wildfires? SGS Galson’s SmartSense Provides Answers.
Tim Quinn, Industries & Environment, Business Development Manager and Cloud Technologies Subject Matter Expert The devastation from the ever-increasing wildfires in California is bad enough, but after the fires are extinguished, the people lucky enough to be able...
Was it the Tanks or the Docks? SGS Galson AIHR Shark Solves Oil Refinery’s Benzene Mystery.
Chris Shepcoff, Environment, Health and Safety, Business Development Manager Clients are discovering the actual impact our innovations are making in the often-difficult task of pinpointing the location of toxic emissions. The SGS Galson AIHR Shark is our...
EPA FOCUS ON ETHYLENE OXIDE RESULTS IN SGS GALSON RESPONSE
At SGS Galson, we don’t wait around to replicate “the other guys’ solution”. For decades, we respond to a challenge with practical, smart, innovative solutions. The EPA recently identified ethylene oxide (EtO) as a potential carcinogen and SGS Galson responded. The...
Let SGS Galson Help Determine If You Are You in Compliance with the New Lower Osha PEL for Beryllium
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to prevent chronic beryllium disease and lung cancer in American workers by limiting their exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds. The rule contains standards for general industry,...
SGS Galson Presents Free Silica Webinar on September 19, 1 PM EST
Please join us for an SGS Galson-sponsored webinar: “Navigating the Silica Standard: Resources to Help” on September 19, 1 PM EST. This webinar is being offered by Workplace Material Handling and Safety magazine. The instructor will be Eileen Betit,...
Judging Lab Quality for Silica Analysis
By Bill Walsh, Industrial Hygiene Services Business Development, CIH The new silica standard requires that analytical laboratories performing analyses under this standard must be accredited to ISO17025. SGS Galson is. We are also accredited for silica analysis by the...
SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS GUIDE UPDATES AS OF 12/12/17
The following additions are now on the online SAG: Hydrogen Peroxide by method OSHA 1019; Colormetric Formaldehyde and Acetaldehyde by method OSHA 1007 HPLC collected on Assay 581 PM These updates are reflected in today’s online SAG (12/12/17)