Author: International Enviroguard

Members of the World Health Organization recently gathered in Geneva to determine whether to issue an international health emergency as the death toll rises from the spread of coronavirus. Officials believe ground zero for the deadly infection is China’s centrally-located city of Wuhan. Upwards...

Everyday people want to purchase and work with products that meet the highest safety standards possible. We rely on lawmakers, government agencies, and boots-on-the-grounds inspectors to ensure we live and work in safe spaces. That Herculean task requires the support of numerous not-for-profit...

Few industries are as critical to the human race as food manufacturing. This industry permeates nearly every other sector of the economy. In this industry, quality, integrity, and product safety always need to be at the top of the priority list. Therefore, in order to ensure product quality,...

The importance of investigating a workplace injury, illness, or fatality cannot be understated. The long history of workers suffering debilitating conditions and loss of life has given rise to fully-funded government agencies being tasked with workplace safety. And while agencies such as OSHA are...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is taking proactive measures to protect workers against the effects of inhaling crystalline silica, a material that has drawn comparisons to deadly asbestos. The minute crystalline silica particles are a common Earth material found in...

Workplace and environmental contamination present a very real danger. But the risk is often far more wide-reaching than many people think. That’s largely because we have become accustomed to media coverage of these critical events that are tied to those immediately exposed. Unless the crisis has...

Pharmaceutical manufacturers face many challenges in maintaining an optimum cleanroom environment, but two pain points continue to pose threats to employees and risks to manufacturing processes. First, there is the danger of employees that handle hazardous drugs such as cytotoxics that expose...

In terms of putting the necessary safety precautions in place, it makes sense to think about the law enforcement sector from a front to back perspective. From community policing through the courts and into the nation’s prison system, there are inherent risks at every level.