What Is An Occupational Hygienist?

06 May 2021

They are not workplace cleaners or occupational health nurses. Occupational Hygienists anticipate, recognise, evaluate and control biological, physical, and chemical health hazards in the workplace. In simpler terms, we try and protect workers short term and long term...

Its GHS Time

30 April 2021

Today is the 30 April 2021 – its GHS time! New Zealand has adopted the GHS 7 hazardous substances classification system for classifying our hazardous substances.There are a few things to be aware of: Most of the old classifications correlate to the new ones...

Asbestos In Your Home

28 April 2021

Is there Asbestos in your home? What you should know before undertaking any work. Was your house built before 2000? The year 2000 is the date after which as a PCBU or homeowner asbestos is presumed not to be present in the materials used to build/line or furnish homes...

5 Reasons you shouldn’t collect your own asbestos samples

06 April 2021

Health risk When an asbestos-containing material (ACM) is disturbed, it can become friable and airborne. In this state, asbestos fibres have the potential to be inhaled and lodged in the lungs, which could lead to serious long-term health effects. Sampling effectively...

Hazardous Substance Classifications

20 May 2020

We begin this webinar with a brief description of what a hazardous substance is as defined by the EPA’s Hazardous Substances (Minimum Degree of Hazard) Notice 2017. We then decipher the number and letter codes that are the HSNO Classifications explaining each hazard...