Traditional grab sampling methods require supplementary devices such as electric pumps, batteries, charging devices, calibrators, tubing, connectors, and auxiliary equipment. The collection of whole ...

Large environmental health studies are increasing demand for reliable and unobtrusive methods to measure exposure. Innovation in passive air sampler design has the potential to address this need for ...

Modern sample pumps can send their operating status, current flow rate, and total volume sampled to a smartphone or tablet, giving safety and IH professionals confidence the samples are "delivered on ...

The persistent challenge of air leakage in smart factories continues to impose significant costs and operational inefficiencies. Conventional solutions, such as infrared detectors, suffer from ...

A team of scientists and doctors has developed a capability to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA -- the nucleic acid coding for the virus that causes COVID-19 -- indoors through air sampling. When ...

Most of us spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, so the quality of the air we breathe is important. Concerns about health issues, most commonly allergic reactions from inhaling fungal spores, ...

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health recently expanded its Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study, using air sampling and complementary methods to track ...

The good news continues for people living near industrial sand facilities, with the release of the second in a pair of studies examining the impact of industrial sand mining on air quality. The ...

Traditional poultry swabbing misses key viral threats—new research shows how air and surface sampling provides a faster, safer way to track dangerous pathogens in live-bird markets. Study: Air ...

Air sampling of Lahaina and Kula by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in late August showed no evidence of poor air quality nor any hazardous levels of contaminants in the air, according to the ...