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

In part one of this series (May 2003), we explained the need for personal sampling, reviewed passive monitors and personal sampling pumps, and examined OSHA's substance-specific standards and their ...

OSHA issues citations and penalties if businesses violate permissible exposure limits (PEL). PELs are legal limits designed to control employee exposure to hazardous substances in an eight-hour period ...

In performing air sampling in the field, the first step is to assemble a sampling train consisting of a calibrated personal sampling pump connected by a piece of plastic tubing to the collection media ...