Author: International Enviroguard

While pesticides have very useful applications within a wide variety of settings, these chemicals can be quite harmful to humans. According to at least one 2007 systematic review of the literature published in the peer-reviewed journal Canadian Family Physician, there is data to support a positive...

The men and women who fight fires to protect their communities are true heroes. They put their lives and health at risk in order to perform their jobs and save lives during the clean-up and recovery process.

For all workers, especially during the hot season, heat stress is a real threat. The heat combined with work exertion drains fluids quickly from the body, leading to dehydration. Unless rehydrated, the body will no longer be able to cool itself enough to remain below the healthy threshold of...

We cannot overestimate the importance of the workplace environment on both employee performance and overall company productivity.Many offices have specific legal requirements regarding cleanliness that share importance with other vital functions such as completing tasks and attending to production...

Many companies face a choice when it comes to PPE garments to protect their workers from a wide range of hazards and contaminants: Reusable versus disposalable. In some cases it’s not even an either/or choice because there are some instances where both are the most effective solution (see our...

Sterilization is the elimination of all life forms and transmissible agents (e.g. bacteria, fungi, viruses, and spore forms) from the surface of a material or from the composition of a fluid/compound. For certain industries with purity processes on a regular basis—the food & beverage industry and...

Scenarios such as a violent crime, suicide, a trauma scene, or an unattended death all require a lot of time and attention. People talk about the crime for days—weeks in some cases—and police officers investigate for months. Because of the furor that surrounds the crime and its investigation,...

Mold and asbestos are two of the most toxic airborne pollutants that people are likely to find in homes or businesses. Mold typically forms in dark and damp places. It produces tiny spores that spread through the air, so it is not unusual for mold to spread to anyplace on which the spores can land...