On the evening of 28 April, Workers’ Memorial Day, the Breathe Freely initiative, which aims to raise awareness of respiratory disease in the construction industry, was launched at a reception at the Merchant Taylor’s Hall in London. The room was packed with 140 people, mainly representatives from the Construction industry. Breathe Freely is a collaborativeContinue reading “Breathe Freely”
Tag Archives: Respiratory disease
Suffering for art
I always like to think that “there's more to life than occupational hygiene” and make sure that I find time for other things that I enjoy. So last Saturday we drove over the Pennines to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to take a look at the new art works on display and also toContinue reading “Suffering for art”
Reducing the Burden of Occupational Disease
On Tuesday I was at the NEC in Birmingham attending the “Health and Wellbeing at Work” event. BOHS had a stand in the exhibition but were also running the series of presentations on “Occupational Hygiene, Toxicology and Environmental Health”. I’d been asked to chair the sessions and also made two presentations – one in theContinue reading “Reducing the Burden of Occupational Disease”
Recognition, Evaluation, Control 