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Respirator quality concerns

Respirator quality concerns are emerging after fake and substandard respirators have flooded the market

Over the last several months there has been a surge in demand for respirators (masks) in the Australia market. Much of the demand has been driven by the incidence of bush fires over December January 2020 period and later by the impacts of COVID-19. Unfortunately, the high demand in respiratory protection has resulted in a range of products entering the Australian market that may not meet…

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#AIHS #AIOH #masks #respirators

Who will win The Canary?

Who will win The Canary? #AIOH2014 #TheCanary

The AIOH launched The Canary this year which is all about Communicating Awareness – a New Approach Representing us on YouTube. It involves creating a short video (less than 5-minutes) that helps any or all of a series of questions, basically all revolving around raising awareness of our profession. This year’s entries have now closed and they are in the process of being judged. The winner (and…

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Does #Nanotechnology pose a risk to our #health?

Assessing and measuring exposure to nanoparticles is not something I have done in my career to date, so in an attempt to figure out all that I don’t know, I recently attended a seminar presented by Dr Howard Morris from Safe Work Australia and Peter McGarry from Workplace Health & Safety Queensland (WHSQ) on the topic.

It was a fantastic seminar (side note: keep up to date with the various…

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#aioh #nanoparticles #Safe Work Australia #WHSQ

The AIOH Canary - It Could be Yours!

The AIOH Canary - It Could be Yours! #TheCanary #OccupationalHygiene #AIOH

Have you always wanted to go to an AIOH Conference, but could never quite get there? Or perhaps you already know how awesome it is, but you just don’t want to pay for it next year? Well you will love the latest offering from the AIOH.

A new Prize offered by the AIOH aims to bring the best out of our members by gathering ideas on the topic of, “What is Occupational Hygiene” or “What does an…

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#aioh #Occupational Hygiene #TheCanary