Canada is home to roughly 9% of the world’s forest, and 2023 is unfortunately predicted to see the country’s most destructive wildfires in over 30 years. Uncontrollable blazes have developed in every corner of Canada, burning 29,000 square miles and releasing a record...
In 2022, California saw an estimated 7,490 wildfires throughout its state, a trend that’s been steadily increasing over past six years. The scale of these fires has destroyed homes, caused deaths, worsened air quality throughout the world, and has exposed millions of...
Airborne particulate matter, or abbreviated as PM, is a complex mixture of aerosol and solid chemicals both in the form of small droplets and solid fragments. When inhaled over an extended period of time, PM has been linked to various illnesses and can even result in...
Airborne diseases begin as tiny pathogenic microbes which are discharged when an infected individual sneezes, coughs, or merely speaks. These microbes can stay suspended in air for an extended period of time, to eventually be inhaled by someone else. Upon breathing in...
Welding is the process of fusing metal parts together by heating the surfaces of their joined melting points. In order for metal to attain such hot temperatures, welders use a variety of energy sources such as ultrasound technology, gas flames, electron beams, lasers,...
Humans inhale approximately 63 different types of dust particles in each breath. Fortunately, a vast majority of these dust types are harmless, although, unfortunately, sawdust is not considered as such. Whether an employee is sanding, sawing, routing, or a host of...
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