Bruce Levitt
President
Chemical Routes of Entry
There are four major routes of entry chemicals can follow: Inhalation (breathing) Absorption (skin contact) Ingestion (eating) Injection How a chemical enters your body: Breathing is the most common...
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Michael Douglas
National Manager, Market Segments
Can workers refuse “uncomfortable” respirators? New CSA standard says yes.
“Respirator comfort is an important factor in wearer acceptance. Respirators with greater wearer acceptance are more likely to be worn appropriately.” — CAN/CSA-Z94.4-18 As...
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Michael Douglas
National Manager, Market Segments
Your quick CAN/CSA-Z94.4 respiratory protection cheat sheet
The latest edition of the respiratory protection standard was released in September 2018 and we’ve been getting lots of questions. It’s important to...
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Jonathan McCallum
Market Segment Manager: Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene & Environmental Monitoring
What’s that smell? How you can detect gas leaks when your electronic monitor can’t
Rotten egg smell? It could be a gas leak. But, what happens when no gas is detected? A Calgary Dairy Queen made national news...
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Leslie Molin
Market Segment Manager - Personal Safety
The 5 biggest mistakes you’re making when choosing work gloves
Work gloves seem pretty straight forward on the surface, but there’s a lot that goes into finding the best pair for the job. In...
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Jonathan McCallum
Market Segment Manager: Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene & Environmental Monitoring
How to pass a respirator fit test
The title of this post might seem a bit misleading, but we get asked “how do I pass a respirator fit test?” a...
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Jonathan McCallum
Market Segment Manager: Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene & Environmental Monitoring
Respirator Fit Testing Tips and Tricks: Basic Troubleshooting
If you’ve ever performed QNFT (quantitative) respirator fit testing, you know that the process can sometimes be challenging and interspersed with occasionally failed...
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Leslie Molin
Market Segment Manager - Personal Safety
5 Cost Saving Tips for Hazardous Spill Control
Every workplace uses some type of chemicals, from industrial plants to labs and agriculture, even office environments. Anywhere that chemicals exist, so too does...
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Maureen McGillis
Digital Marketing Strategist
How Do Colorimetric Gas Detection Tubes Work?
If you do any kind of gas detection on the job, you’ve probably heard of colorimetric tubes. They often go by different names...
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Leslie Molin
Market Segment Manager - Personal Safety
Protective footwear with CSA certified markings, criteria & applications guide
We pay a lot of attention to our safety gear selection, but one aspect of personal protective equipment that often gets overlooked is...
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Paul Kroes, B.Sc.
Instrumentation Specialist
The Problem with PIDs
PIDs – the information you get from them can be misleading. PIDs or photoionization detectors are also known as volatile organic compound (VOC) detectors....
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