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New latex allergy guidance online
News | HSP | 23.05.2008
Asthma at work
Becky Allen | Features | HSW | 30.04.2008
Occupational factors account for up to 15% of asthma cases in working-age adults. While health and safety professionals play a major role in preventing cases of the potentially disabling occupational asthma, what can they do to help asthma sufferers whose condition is unrelated to their employment stay safe and healthy at work? Becky Allen asks.
Lighter regulation questions
News | HSW | 12.12.2007
If the mask fits
Helen Collins | Features | HSW | 09.08.2007
Helen Collins takes a deep breath and explains the ins and outs of face fit testing for RPE
Health and Safety at Work, etc Act 1974
Legislation | 17.05.2007
Health review
News | HSW | 01.05.2007
Asthma essentials
News | HSW | 01.05.2007
Occupational asthma
Lawrence Bamber | Features | HSW | 01.11.2006
The UK has one of the highest rates of occupational asthma in the world, and it is still rising. Around a million people with existing asthma symptoms find that their working environment irritates their breathing system and makes the condition worse. Lawrence Bamber looks at occupational asthma, respiratory sensitisers and COSHH.
Regulations require checks for ill health in staff
Lucie Ponting | Features | HSW | 01.10.2006
Regulations increasingly require businesses to check staff for signs of ill health. Lucie Ponting reports how surveillance to find the early signs of work-related ill health range from simple self-assessment, through to checks by occupational health professionals.
MoD pays £260,000 to latex allergy sufferer
Prosecutions and Claims | 01.08.2006
Powertrain outbreak leads to fluids guide
News | | 01.06.2006
Buying respiratory equipment
Jo Partridge | Features | HSW | 01.04.2006
Jo Partridge of 3M looks at buying respiratory equipment
Hazardous substances revisited
Robin Howie | Features | HSW | 01.11.2005
HSE has published 3 guidance documents on controlling hazardous substances and occupational hygienist Robin Howie finds flaws in their control approach
Monitoring under COSHH
Peter Ellis | Features | HSW | 01.11.2005
Peter Ellis investigates the difficulties with monitoring for substances under the new Control Of Substances Hazardous To Health Regulations in smaller organisations
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