By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Technologies Expert & Author Baghouse.com Recently published reports are showing an increasingly positive outlook for the future of the U.S. manufacturing field. A reported 91% of management at U.S. manufacturers say that they outlook is significantly more optimistic than it was in the previous quarter. In addition nearly 60% believe that […]
Editorial By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Technologies Expert & Author Baghouse.com With recent battles on Capital Hill in Washington D.C. regarding the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) increasing impact on the nation’s economy, many questions are being raised as to the effectiveness of governments having a active role in environmental affairs. One particularly interesting, and controversial question […]
A new report by leading industry experts states that 2000 dust explosions in factories and industrial facilities across Europe each year. An average of 50 per year are reported in the UK alone, nearly one a week. The report prepared by Dr. Julian Hought of risk management specialists, HFL Risk Services, also highlights that a […]
Reducing air pollution in major European cities could add 22 months to local life expectancy and save 31.5 billion euros ($43.4 billion) in health costs and work absenteeism, concludes a European Commission-funded study released Wednesday. One of the largest sources of persistent, air pollution is particulate matter emitted during the burning of fossil fuels such […]
A new article from Baghouse.com has been featured on the well-known environmental blog Triplepundit.com. This article highlights the plight of a group of farmers and ranchers in Texas whose livelihoods have been devastated by acid rain, as they struggle to gain compensation, and recognition from the near by coal-fired power plants that they say are […]
Revised standards will bring dramatic benefits to public health, and cost nearly 50% less than initial proposals By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Technology Expert & Author Baghouse.com The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its final set of Clean Air Act standards for boilers and incinerators. The new standards will lead to a reduction of harmful […]
By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Technologies Expert, & Author Baghouse.com A new report finds that air pollution is a leading cause of heart attacks worldwide, along with alcohol, drug use and physical exertion. Triggers such as Sex, anger, marijuana use and chest or respiratory infections can also trigger heart attacks to different extents, the researchers said, […]
By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Technologies Expert & Author Baghouse.com Two Biomass power plants in California’s central valley were fined $835,000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for exceeding emission limits of nitrogen oxides (which lead to the formation of Ozone), and fine particulate matter. Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass, LLC, (ACB), and Merced Power, LLC, (MP), […]
By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Expert & Author Baghouse.com The first sweeping legislation governing air pollution in the state of Israel recently went into effect on Jan 1st, 2011, nearly 2 and a half years after it passage through the Israeli legislature. Industrial plants that previously had no set emissions standards to operate under will now […]
By Dominick DalSanto Environmental Expert & Author Baghouse.com The dangers of combustible dust explosions are among the most overlooked of industrial workplace safety issues. However the price for negligence in this area is often payed not only with millions of dollars, but with workers very lives. But only recently has the this issue began to […]