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The Dangers of Using Synthetically Scented Products

Dale Allen

Feb 15, 2018
2 min

The Dangers of Using Synthetically Scented Products

Our health, and the increasingly fragile health of our environment, has been at risk for a while now from an unexpected quarter. Most of the products we use around our homes or offices to clean or improve the smell of a dirty, dusty workplace are scented. And that's great. What's not great is that fact that we get these scented products through creating a synthetic chemicals. Chemicals like: Galaxolide (or 1,3,4,6,7,8-hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8,-hexamethyl-cyclopenta[g]benzopyran

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COSHH and Reach Work Together to Regulate Chemical Safety

Dale Allen

Feb 12, 2018
2 min

COSHH and Reach Work Together to Regulate Chemical Safety

Both COSHH and REACH both call for risk assessments to be taken, just at different times and by different people.

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Dale Allen

Feb 8, 2018
4 min

Kids Need a Little Safety Training too!

There are numerous dangers around us every day that children just aren't aware of and it's important to give them lessons on those dangers a

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Dale Allen

Jan 31, 2018
3 min

How to Prevent Poisoning in Your Home

Hey guys, today I want to talk about how to keep your children safe from poisonings at home. It is unfortunately a very common thing to occur and a frightening number of the calls that the National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) receive are related to children. It's very important that we as parents keeps our homes safe for our little ones, so I'm going to give you a few tips to prevent poisoning in your home. 1. Ensure all of the medicines or chemicals in your home are s

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Air Pollution Confirmed as Biggest Threat to Global Human Health

Dale Allen

Jan 29, 2018
2 min

Air Pollution Confirmed as Biggest Threat to Global Human Health

We all know that air pollution is bad for us and our environment, but it's now been confirmed as the number one threat to human health across the globe. It's been linked directly to early brain development problems among other frighteningly severe detrimental health effects in humans. What's even more frightening is the fact that we usually don't really know what we're breathing in at any given time. Air pollution is a silent, invisible assassin slowly wearing us down before

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The 6 Most Common Accidents to Happen in the Home

Dale Allen

Jan 23, 2018
4 min

The 6 Most Common Accidents to Happen in the Home

Accidents happen. They happen to a lot of people all around the world. Every day somebody, somewhere has an accident. And not just one somebody, but thousands every day. While accidents can occur anywhere and to anyone, some of the most dangerous are the most common and they happen in our homes. Below is a list of 6 of the most common, and often very dangerous, accidents that could take place in your home. Trips and Falls It's true that anyone can fall at any time. Some of

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EU Finally Sets Plans to Tackle Hazardous Substances Poisoning Our Planet

Dale Allen

Jan 20, 2018
3 min

EU Finally Sets Plans to Tackle Hazardous Substances Poisoning Our Planet

Hello everyone. I came across a great bit of news earlier this morning that will be great for tackling the use of hazardous substances that are deemed a major concern to public health and the planet. A great deal of these substances are present in the waste we produce on a daily basis, but there are still substances of concern in many products that we also use day-to-day. The product packaging then of course ends up on a landfill site, adding to the poison seeping into the Ea

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4 Shocking Places You May (Still) Find Asbestos

Dale Allen

Jan 16, 2018
3 min

4 Shocking Places You May (Still) Find Asbestos

Before we realised just how dangerous it was, Asbestos was used in many tools and products for hundreds of years. Thanks to it's high fire resistance and tensile strength we used it in a wide range of industries, especially in the early 20th Century. Thankfully, we did realise it's atrocious effect on our health and asbestos has been made illegal in many countries. Unfortunately, however, there are still a few things sticking around where we did use asbestos. We mined and use

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The Link Between Chemicals and The Rise in Obesity

Dale Allen

Jan 11, 2018
2 min

The Link Between Chemicals and The Rise in Obesity

It's no secret that technological advancement makes our lives easier; we can drive to work, we sit in an office chair having our computers do all the complex work we used to do ourselves, we then drive home and spent the evening sat in front of our TV's. As well as making our lives easier, these technological advancements may also be to blame for the worryingly increasing levels of obesity in the population. I say 'may' because while it's obvious they do contribute in a big w

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Dale Allen

Jan 10, 2018
3 min

Is COSHH Part of Health and Safety?

I find it shocking that people are still asking this question. And, yes. Somebody asked me about it again over the weekend. It's now 2020 and people are still not certain? Why? I mean health and safety laws (which, yes includes COSHH) were put into place many years ago to protect employees from injuries and accidents at work. Let's go over Health and Safety law first. There are two governmental bodies that deal with health and safety at work and they are - the Health and Safe

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Men's Health: The Toxic Chemicals We Use Every Day

Dale Allen

Jan 4, 2018
3 min

Men's Health: The Toxic Chemicals We Use Every Day

Hey everyone. It's no secret that the products we use at home every day are full of chemicals, but it kind of is a secret that those chemicals aren't as safe as we're told they are. Oftentimes chemicals aren't properly tested and are put into products that we then come into contact with, endangering our long-term health. You have probably heard of many women, especially those that are pregnant, reducing their use of many products because the chemicals inside them are dangerou

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What to do in the Event of an Acid Attack

Dale Allen

Jan 2, 2018
3 min

What to do in the Event of an Acid Attack

Hello everyone. After reading the story of a recent acid attack, I decided to do a little research into what people can do should they find themselves a victim of such an attack. An acid attack, or acid throwing, is probably the most violent and destructive thing someone could do to you, short of killing you. The acids used in these attacks are highly corrosive and will seriously disfigure anyone they come into contact with. There are a variety of different substances that ar

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Dale Allen

Dec 21, 2017
2 min

What Does COSHH Mean in Cleaning

Hello again. A good few months ago I mentioned a case where an office cleaner died from Chlorine gas exposure. The gas was produced through a chemical reaction when the poor guy, not knowing the dangers, mixed two different cleaning chemicals. It's clear, and unfortunate, that the cleaner didn't have the training or information to be safely using the chemicals he used to do his job daily. He should have known that mixing the two chemicals together would be dangerous. It says

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The Dangers of Nail Adhesives and Chemical Burns

Dale Allen

Dec 19, 2017
2 min

The Dangers of Nail Adhesives and Chemical Burns

Hi, it's Dale again. It's becoming more and more clear to me that current chemical safety training is in dire need of improvement. And I'm not just talking about big industrial factories here. There are millions of small businesses using seriously dangerous chemicals, with very little training in how to properly handle them. Before I go more into that, however, I want to tell you a quick story. A couple of weeks ago I was told about the horrifying chemical burns caused b

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Dale Allen

Dec 11, 2017
2 min

COSHH - The Dangers of Mixing Chemicals

Hey everyone. Today I want to talk about what could happen when mixing chemicals. Every workplace has chemicals in it. Some businesses will only use general cleaning chemicals but many use exceptionally dangerous substances. A lot of those substances are incompatible with each other and mixing them, accidentally or otherwise, could result in some pretty daunting effects. I'm not trying to tell you that your general cleaning chemicals don't pose a significant risk. They do. Es

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Personal Protective Equipment Saves Lives So Use It!

Dale Allen

Dec 6, 2017
2 min

Personal Protective Equipment Saves Lives So Use It!

I want to address personal protective equipment (PPE) and the fact that many workers 'forget' to use it. What you need to understand about PPE is that it's the last line of defence against hazards. PPE is enforced when there is no other possible way to prevent injury and refusing to use it is putting you in harm's way. I have heard many excuses as to why workers don't want to wear their PPE; "It's too hot, it's too heavy, it's in the way and slowing me down." Granted, they

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The Dangers of Breaching COSHH Regulations

Dale Allen

Dec 4, 2017
4 min

The Dangers of Breaching COSHH Regulations

Hey. This morning I've been looking into breaches of the COSHH Regulations. And I'm completely baffled by how many companies have been fined, directors put in prison and unfortunate workers injured. It's 2020 and companies are still cutting corners with safety? As a safety professional, it deeply upsets me that these employers can be so cavalier about the lives of their workforce. And yes, there have been deaths as well as countless injuries; a worrying amount of them life

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Chemical Incidents and Why they Actually Helped Us

Dale Allen

Nov 30, 2017
3 min

Chemical Incidents and Why they Actually Helped Us

Chemical incidents can be really nasty business. A large number of the chemicals we use in our industries are highly hazardous and a lot of them can explode, ignite or just outright melt through something if used or stored incorrectly. And while our regulations for chemical safety have improved over the years, there have been some major oversights too. It's unfortunately true that there have been some pretty catastrophic chemical incidents around the world. In fact, several

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Dale Allen

Nov 27, 2017
4 min

Chemical Safety for Schools in the UK

Hey, Dale here again. Today I'm going to cover chemical safety in schools. The safety of our kids is paramount to us all, so I want to go over the requirements that your children's schools should be following when it comes to chemical safety. Every school in the UK is required to provide proper chemical safety measures to protect their employees, and most importantly, their students - your children. The requirement is called for under the Control of Substances Hazardous to He

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10 Chemicals that Pose a Significant Public Health Risk

Dale Allen

Nov 22, 2017
6 min

10 Chemicals that Pose a Significant Public Health Risk

Hello! Today I'm going to tell you about a group of chemicals that are formidable in the potential risks they pose to public health. Not only to us humans but often to the devastation of the environment too. It's no secret that chemicals are all around us. You and I are made up of chemicals, and so is the computer or smartphone you're reading this article on. In fact, everything on our planet, living or exanimate, is made up of different combinations of chemicals. They

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