Environmental Monitoring Results

Workers have the right to receive the results of any OSHA test for vapors, noise, dusts, fumes, or radiation. This includes observation of any measurement of hazardous materials in the workplace. 

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Continued critical area environmental monitoring results above the action levels... 

Additional tests in response to adverse trends or failures in the ongoing monitoring of the facilities or process, such as (1) continued critical area environmental monitoring results above the action levels or (2) an increased incidence of product sterility tests failures or to evaluate changes to procedures and practices, such as... 

The environmental monitoring results were found acceptable as per plant SOP. 

A comprehensive Facility Cleaning and Sanitization Program with an initial schedule for each room will be developed, with procedures based on the initial sanitization validation results, the criticality of operation performed in each area, and the frequency of use. The initial schedule will be modified as necessary based on routine environmental monitoring. The environmental monitoring results will be compared against alert and action levels. 

Records results of environmental monitoring data flows, pH, pollution levels, waste disposal areas and control of pollution. 

Implementation of work/rest sehedules based on the results of environmental monitoring ... 

Binding occupational exposure limit values reflect feasibility factors related to social acceptability. When the results of environmental monitoring have to be compared with OELs, factors that influence exposure and that entail preventive policies are considered. For these values member states shall establish a corresponding national binding occupational exposure limit value based on but not exceeding the community limit value. That is, a binding limit means a minimum requirement. 

The results of environmental monitoring exercises will be influenced by a variety of variables including the objectives of the study, the sampling regime, the technical methods adopted, the calibre of staff involved, etc. Detailed advice about sampling protocols (e.g. where and when to sample, the volume and number of samples to collect, the use of replicates, controls, statistical interpretation of data, etc.) and of individual analytical techniques are beyond the scope of this book. Some basic considerations include the following, with examples of application for employee exposure and incident investigation. 

As an example, Table 4 provides environmental monitoring data for a subset of data from the Multisite Lead and Cadmium Exposure Study (ATSDR 1995). Default values are used for air and dietary lead. The data are input as described in equation 1 with suggested slope factors from Table 2. The resulting media-specific contributions to PbB, the range of predicted PbB levels, and the actual PbB levels are given in Table 5. 

Analytical investigations are always carried out to serve a definite purpose. In this respect analytical results have to be evaluated and interpreted. In modern fields of applications like environmental monitoring, foodstuff control, medical laboratory diagnostics etc., conclusions have to be drawn about the presence of given species and their amount as well as the exceeding of limit values or falling significantly below them. 

Data from Gray, R.H., R.E. Jaquish, P.J. Mitchell, andW.H. Rickard. 1989. Environmental monitoring at Hanford, Washington, USA a brief site history and summary of recent results. Environ. Manage. 13 563-572. 

The development of all above-mentioned diseases is related to exceeding the air quality standards in many cities of the Asian regions. These standards for the most frequent pollutants are shown in Table 7. The readers can compare the air quality monitoring results in his/her cities with environmental standards. 

Ebdon et al. [88] have discussed a programme to improve the quality of analytical results in the environmental monitoring of organotin compounds. They discuss the evolution of a sensitive, reliable and robust analytical method for the determination of tributyltin, with emphasis on the difficulties of determining it at the ng per litre levels at which it was usually encountered, more especially as other forms of tin frequently occurred together at similar levels. The preparation of a standard reference sample, for use in interlaboratory comparative determinations, under the aegis of the Bureau of Community Reference of the EU is described, and plans for subsequent distributions of blank, artificially spiked, and genuinely affected sediments are sketched. 

As an outlook, the optimization of the efficiency of microorganisms with methods of genetic engineering will result in an increased sensitivity, selectivity, and stability, in connection with the further miniaturization of biosensor systems, especially the development of portable biosensor measuring devices, represents a promising feature for environmental monitoring by microbial... 

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