May
5
INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ---
I. Introduction
What is occupational health and safety?
Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields. In its broadest sense, it should aim at:
the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of adverse effects on health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of workers in an occupational environment adapted to physical and mental needs; the adaptation of work to humans.
What is occupational health and safety?
Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields. In its broadest sense, it should aim at:
the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of adverse effects on health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing and maintenance of workers in an occupational environment adapted to physical and mental needs; the adaptation of work to humans.
May
5
NOISE AT WORK
I. Introduction
Not all sound is noise — noise is sound that people do not like. Noise can be annoying and it can interfere with your ability to work by causing stress and disturbing your concentration. Noise can cause accidents by interfering with communication and warning signals. Noise can cause chronic health problems. Noise can also cause you to lose your hearing.
Hearing loss from exposure to noise in the workplace is one of the most common of all industrial diseases.
Not all sound is noise — noise is sound that people do not like. Noise can be annoying and it can interfere with your ability to work by causing stress and disturbing your concentration. Noise can cause accidents by interfering with communication and warning signals. Noise can cause chronic health problems. Noise can also cause you to lose your hearing.
Hearing loss from exposure to noise in the workplace is one of the most common of all industrial diseases.
May
5
Your health and safety at work YOUR BODY AT WORK
Introduction
How does the body fight hazards?
The human body has natural defence systems which help to protect you against many hazards (dangers). These defence systems also help the body to heal (repair) itself when it gets injured or sick. However, there are hazards — arising from bacteria, viruses, chemicals, dusts, vapours, noise, extreme temperatures, work processes, etc.
How does the body fight hazards?
The human body has natural defence systems which help to protect you against many hazards (dangers). These defence systems also help the body to heal (repair) itself when it gets injured or sick. However, there are hazards — arising from bacteria, viruses, chemicals, dusts, vapours, noise, extreme temperatures, work processes, etc.
May
5
How International Labour Standards are created
International
labour standards evolve from a growing international concern that
action needs to be taken on a particular issue, for example providing
working women with maternity protection, or ensuring safe working
conditions for agricultural workers. Developing international labour
standards at the ILO is a unique legislative process involving
representatives of governments, workers and employers from around the
world.
May
5
“a true green job must integrate safety and health into design, procurement, operations, maintenance sourcing, use and recycling”.
Promoting safety and health in a green economy
The report highlights occupational safety and health (OSH) as an integral part of the promotion of green jobs and a greener economy to achieve an economic and social development that is also environmentally sustainable.
The report highlights occupational safety and health (OSH) as an integral part of the promotion of green jobs and a greener economy to achieve an economic and social development that is also environmentally sustainable.
May
5
imachal Pradesh HC slaps 100 crore green fine on Jaiprakash Associates
SHIMLA:
The green bench of the Himachal Pradesh high court slapped a fine of Rs
100 crore on Jaiprakash Associates on Friday for setting up a cement
plant fraudulently. The court quashed the environmental clearance
granted to the company's thermal plant and directed that it be
dismantled within three months. It also called for a special
investigation team to be set up to see if state officials were involved.
May
4
Women’s health .On average, women live six to eight years longer than men globally.
Women’s health
Key facts
On average, women live six to eight years longer than men globally. In 2007, women's life expectancy at birth was more than 80 years in 35 countries, but only 54 years in the WHO African Region. Girls are far more likely than boys to suffer sexual abuse. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls in high- and middle-income countries. Essentially all (99%) of the half a million maternal deaths every year occur in developing countries.
Key facts
On average, women live six to eight years longer than men globally. In 2007, women's life expectancy at birth was more than 80 years in 35 countries, but only 54 years in the WHO African Region. Girls are far more likely than boys to suffer sexual abuse. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among adolescent girls in high- and middle-income countries. Essentially all (99%) of the half a million maternal deaths every year occur in developing countries.
May
4
The right to health
The right to health
The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without the distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.
- WHO Constitution
The right to health means that governments must generate conditions in which everyone can be as healthy as possible.
The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without the distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.
- WHO Constitution
The right to health means that governments must generate conditions in which everyone can be as healthy as possible.
May
4
Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC)
Key facts
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) is a bacterium that can cause severe foodborne disease. Primary sources of EHEC outbreaks are raw or undercooked ground meat products, raw milk and faecal contamination of vegetables. In most cases, the illness is self-limiting, but it may lead to a life-threatening disease including haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), especially in young children and the elderly. EHEC is heat-sensitive.
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) is a bacterium that can cause severe foodborne disease. Primary sources of EHEC outbreaks are raw or undercooked ground meat products, raw milk and faecal contamination of vegetables. In most cases, the illness is self-limiting, but it may lead to a life-threatening disease including haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), especially in young children and the elderly. EHEC is heat-sensitive.
May
4
Climate change & HEALTH
Key facts
Climate change affects the fundamental requirements for health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. The global warming that has occurred since the 1970s was causing over 140 000 excess deaths annually by the year 2004. Many of the major killers such as diarrhoeal diseases, malnutrition, malaria and dengue are highly climate-sensitive and are expected to worsen as the climate changes.
Climate change affects the fundamental requirements for health – clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. The global warming that has occurred since the 1970s was causing over 140 000 excess deaths annually by the year 2004. Many of the major killers such as diarrhoeal diseases, malnutrition, malaria and dengue are highly climate-sensitive and are expected to worsen as the climate changes.
May
4
Indoor air pollution and health-WHO
Key facts
Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using open fires and leaky stoves burning biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. Nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use. Nearly 50% of pneumonia deaths among children under five are due to particulate matter inhaled from indoor air pollution.
Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using open fires and leaky stoves burning biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. Nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use. Nearly 50% of pneumonia deaths among children under five are due to particulate matter inhaled from indoor air pollution.
May
4
Carnivorous Plants
These
strange plants are found all over the world. Insect eating plants
develop and grow in much the same way that other plants develop. They
require air, water, and sunshine in order to be healthy. However, they
also need certain minerals, especially nitrogen. Most plants get their
nitrogen from the soil in which they grow. But insect devouring plants
are unable to do this. They grow in warm, marshy places that contains
very little nitrogen.
May
4
Air quality and health
Air
pollution is a major environmental risk to health. By reducing air
pollution levels, we can help countries reduce the global burden of
disease from respiratory infections, heart disease, and lung cancer. The
lower the levels of air pollution in a city, the better respiratory
(both long- and short-term), and cardiovascular health of the population
will be. Indoor air pollution is estimated to cause approximately 2
million premature deaths mostly in developing countries.
May
4
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Millions
of women and men around the world are denied access to jobs and
training, receive low wages, or are restricted to certain occupations
simply on the basis of their sex, skin colour, ethnicity or beliefs,
without regard to their capabilities and skills. In a number of
developed countries, for example, women workers earn up to 25% less than
male colleagues performing equal work.
May
4
Equality and discrimination ;Hundreds of millions of people suffer from discrimination in the world
Hundreds
of millions of people suffer from discrimination in the world of work.
This not only violates a most basic human right, but has wider social
and economic consequences. Discrimination stifles opportunities, wasting
the human talent needed for economic progress, and accentuates social
tensions and inequalities. Combating discrimination is an essential part
of promoting decent work, and success on this front is felt well beyond
the workplace.
May
4
Message by Juan Somavia Director-General of the ILO on the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work
In his
message for the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, celebrated 28
April of each year, the ILO Director General reiterated the need to
focus on the promotion of safer and healthier workplaces in the
transition to a greener economy.
Statement | 25 April 2012
On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work it is timely to focus on the opportunity to promote safer and healthier workplaces as part of decent work strategies in the transition to a greener economy.
Statement | 25 April 2012
On this World Day for Safety and Health at Work it is timely to focus on the opportunity to promote safer and healthier workplaces as part of decent work strategies in the transition to a greener economy.
May
4
World Safe Day 28 April 2012
On this
year's World Day for Health and Safety at Work, 28 April, WHO joins the
International Labour Organization in calling for concerted global action
to promote occupational safety and health in a "green economy" - one of
the themes of the upcoming RIO+20 United Nations Conference on
Sustainable Development, 20-22 June. Ensuring workers' health is an
essential prerequisite for sustainable development.
May
4
SAFETY IN CONFINED SPACE
A confined space is defined as a place
that is partially or fully enclosed that is not both designed and constructed for continuous human occupancy, and where atmospheric hazards may occur because of its construction, location, or contents, or because of work that is done in it. All three criteria have to be met before a space is defined as a confined space.
Hazards in confined spaces can be categorized as either physical hazards or atmospheric hazards.
that is partially or fully enclosed that is not both designed and constructed for continuous human occupancy, and where atmospheric hazards may occur because of its construction, location, or contents, or because of work that is done in it. All three criteria have to be met before a space is defined as a confined space.
Hazards in confined spaces can be categorized as either physical hazards or atmospheric hazards.
May
4
Motor Vehicle Incidents -ORGANISATION MUST FOLLOW
as per the study of Ontario
n Ontario, motor vehicle collisions are one of the leading causes of workers' injuries and fatalities. On an average day in Ontario, motor vehicle collisions will kill more than two people and injure more than 180 others, making motor vehicle incidents (MVIs) the biggest risk Ontarians face each day they go to work.
n Ontario, motor vehicle collisions are one of the leading causes of workers' injuries and fatalities. On an average day in Ontario, motor vehicle collisions will kill more than two people and injure more than 180 others, making motor vehicle incidents (MVIs) the biggest risk Ontarians face each day they go to work.
May
4
The benefits of nature:Oceans absorb 93.4% of the heat produced by climate change.
Some facts and figures about Nature
Ecotourism is the fastest-growing area of the tourism industry. In 2004, this market grew three times faster than the industry as a whole. Wetlands store 20% of the Earth’s carbon. Londoners consume of 72,000 tonnes of fish each year, much of it from the North Sea but also from the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Ecotourism is the fastest-growing area of the tourism industry. In 2004, this market grew three times faster than the industry as a whole. Wetlands store 20% of the Earth’s carbon. Londoners consume of 72,000 tonnes of fish each year, much of it from the North Sea but also from the coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean.
May
4
Effects of Global Warming
The
planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole, and everywhere in
between. Globally, the mercury is already up more than 1 degree
Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive polar
regions. And the effects of rising temperatures aren’t waiting for some
far-flung future. They’re happening right now. Signs are appearing all
over, and some of them are surprising.
May
4
Facts and Figure about climate
Facts and figures
State of play
The power of nature
The economic costs
Wildlife impacts
Oceans overwhelmed
State of play
The power of nature
The economic costs
Wildlife impacts
Oceans overwhelmed
May
4
Facts and figures on biodiversity
Facts and figures on biodiversity
Discover more about biodiversity and its impact on our lives.
Species - our food and medecine
While most people depend mainly on domesticated species for their dietary needs, some 200 million depend on wild species for at least part of their food. More than 60 wild species have been used to improve the world’s 13 major crops by providing genes for pest resistance, improved yield, and enhanced nutrition.
Discover more about biodiversity and its impact on our lives.
Species - our food and medecine
While most people depend mainly on domesticated species for their dietary needs, some 200 million depend on wild species for at least part of their food. More than 60 wild species have been used to improve the world’s 13 major crops by providing genes for pest resistance, improved yield, and enhanced nutrition.
May
4
KING OF FRUITS MANGO NUTRITIONAL VALUE
Mango is
a tropical tree cultivated in many regions of India and now distributed
wide across the world in many continents. Usually, fruits grow at the
end of a long, string like stem, with sometimes more than one fruit to a
stem.
Each fruit measures 5 to 15 cm in length and about 4 to 10 cm in width, and has typical “mango” shape, or sometimes oval or round. Its weight ranges from 150 gm to around 750 gm.
Each fruit measures 5 to 15 cm in length and about 4 to 10 cm in width, and has typical “mango” shape, or sometimes oval or round. Its weight ranges from 150 gm to around 750 gm.
May
3
Rule of dump: Discard e-waste the right way
The new
rules on e-waste that have come into effect from May 1 can be seen as
the first step towards reducing pollution of the information era. The
E-Waste (Management and Handling) Rule, 2011 were notified on May 30,
2011 by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), which set
May 1, 2012 as the date for implementation.
May
3
Micronutrients and Nutrition Security
Food security
All people at all times have access at an affordable price to the basic food they need to meet their energy requirements.
Nutrition security
Nutrition security means that every individual has access to a balanced diet that includes all essential nutrients (e.g. proteins/amino acids, vitamins, nutritive trace elements). Nutrition security cannot be achieved without first having food security.
All people at all times have access at an affordable price to the basic food they need to meet their energy requirements.
Nutrition security
Nutrition security means that every individual has access to a balanced diet that includes all essential nutrients (e.g. proteins/amino acids, vitamins, nutritive trace elements). Nutrition security cannot be achieved without first having food security.
May
3
Development and Environment Issues with special reference to Gandhian Perspective
very very thanks to Dr. Kavita Y. Suchak. (Ph. D)
Many grandiose visions have been developed to depict how humans have shaped destiny in the new century that is fast approaching. These visions are based on scenario involving highly sophisticated breakthrough with vast potentials – colonies in space, robot operated plants, computers that match human intelligence and so on.
Many grandiose visions have been developed to depict how humans have shaped destiny in the new century that is fast approaching. These visions are based on scenario involving highly sophisticated breakthrough with vast potentials – colonies in space, robot operated plants, computers that match human intelligence and so on.
May
3
GANDHIAN PHILOSOPHY ON ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS BEING FOLLOWED BY RAHUL GANDHI
Gandhi And Deep Ecology
By Thomas Weber
The central importance of Gandhi to nonviolent activism is widely acknowledged. There are also other significant peace-related bodies of knowledge that have gained such popularity in the West in the relatively recent past that they have changed the directions of thought and have been important in encouraging social movements - yet they have not been analysed in terms of antecedents, especially Gandhian ones.
By Thomas Weber
The central importance of Gandhi to nonviolent activism is widely acknowledged. There are also other significant peace-related bodies of knowledge that have gained such popularity in the West in the relatively recent past that they have changed the directions of thought and have been important in encouraging social movements - yet they have not been analysed in terms of antecedents, especially Gandhian ones.
May
3
Medical waste – a health risk for many
“Hepatitis
C is rapidly spreading among young garbage pickers/scavengers, as they
pick up used syringes and other clinical waste from different
public/private hospitals of the city for recycling…” This story carried
in “The News International”, a Karachi newspaper in December, 2007
quoted an official as saying that most hospitals in the city were not
disposing of their infectious waste properly.
May
3
“Safety and health at work not yet a reality for millions of workers” – UN expert on toxic waste
World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Saturday 28 April 2012
GENEVA (28 April 2012) – UN Special Rapporteur Calin Georgescu warned that millions of workers around the world are still exposed to disease and injury in their places of work, and called on countries’ attention to promoting and creating a safe working environment to reduce the number of work-related deaths each year.
GENEVA (28 April 2012) – UN Special Rapporteur Calin Georgescu warned that millions of workers around the world are still exposed to disease and injury in their places of work, and called on countries’ attention to promoting and creating a safe working environment to reduce the number of work-related deaths each year.
May
3
Human Rights and Environment Issues in Multilateral Treaties
[The Background Papers reflect the views of the authors and not of UNEP or OHCHR]
Human Rights and Environment Issues in Multilateral Treaties
Adopted between 1991 and 2001
Professor Dinah Shelton University of Notre Dame
Introduction
Principle 1 of the Stockholm Declaration established a foundation for linking human rights and environmental protection, declaring that man has a fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that perm
Human Rights and Environment Issues in Multilateral Treaties
Adopted between 1991 and 2001
Professor Dinah Shelton University of Notre Dame
Introduction
Principle 1 of the Stockholm Declaration established a foundation for linking human rights and environmental protection, declaring that man has a fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that perm
May
3
Human Rights and the Environment
The many linkages between protection of human rights and protection of the environment have long been recognized.
May
3
List of Human Rights Issues
Adequate Housing
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
Toolkit on the right to adequate housing
Business and Human Rights
Business and Human Rights
Children
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
OHCHR Study on children working and/or living on the street
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
United Nations Study on Vio
Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context
Toolkit on the right to adequate housing
Business and Human Rights
Business and Human Rights
Children
Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
OHCHR Study on children working and/or living on the street
Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
United Nations Study on Vio
May
3
HUMAN RIGHTS
What are human rights?
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.
Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.
May
3
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
COMPLY WITH EVER-CHANGING REGULATIONS – WITH CONFIDENCE
The environmental compliance functionality of the SAP EHS Management application can help you cost-effectively ensure full compliance with growing and changing environmental regulations across all regions, at both the plant and corporate levels.
Track, measure and monitor emissions and pollutant discharges by plant, equipment or production process. Implement compliance processes with workflow to fulfill requirements and manage permits.
The environmental compliance functionality of the SAP EHS Management application can help you cost-effectively ensure full compliance with growing and changing environmental regulations across all regions, at both the plant and corporate levels.
Track, measure and monitor emissions and pollutant discharges by plant, equipment or production process. Implement compliance processes with workflow to fulfill requirements and manage permits.
May
3
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT DRIVE EHS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY The SAP Environment, Health & Safety Management (SAP EHS Management) application supports your sustainability initiatives – enabling you to holistically manage EHS operational, financial, and reporting risks across your facilities and extended business network. As an integral part of the SAP Business Suite, the application systematically embeds EHS requirements and tasks directly into enterprise business processes, reinforcing compliance and risk reduction across global operations. SAP EHS Management helps you overcome the challenges of disconnected systems, regions, and departments. With this application, you can centralize the collection of EHS information and report successfully on the positive impact of your global EHS strategies. You can demonstrate leadership in the areas of EHS responsibility and sustainability - and enhance your corporate image and brand value, while reducing risks and costs. Go beyond compliance and implement a scalable, integrated approach to managing operational risks related to these and other environment, health, and safety issues: Product safety and stewardship – Ensure ongoing compliance with product-related regulations with support for legal, safety, and sustainability obligations along the supply chain. Health and safety – Protect employee health and safety in the workplace as a key to operating a sustainable and profitable business by consistently implementing safe work procedures, control measures, and compliance requirements while proactively reducing risks in day-to-day operations. Environmental compliance – Meet complex environmental compliance requirements by implementing clear, transparent, and auditable processes that streamline and automate environmental compliance tasks and reporting.
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT
DRIVE EHS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
The SAP Environment, Health & Safety Management (SAP EHS Management) application supports your sustainability initiatives – enabling you to holistically manage EHS operational, financial, and reporting risks across your facilities and extended business network.
DRIVE EHS RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
The SAP Environment, Health & Safety Management (SAP EHS Management) application supports your sustainability initiatives – enabling you to holistically manage EHS operational, financial, and reporting risks across your facilities and extended business network.
May
2
MAHATMA GANDHI Quotations : EHSQ- Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Mahatma Gandhi
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Mahatma Gandhi
As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.
Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
May
2
Natural Cleaning Process of Atmosphere
The
residence time gives us an idea of how long it takes for an air
contaminant to be removed from the atmosphere. For example, the
residence times of carbon dioxide and carbon mono-oxide are 15 years and
65 days respectively. Carbon monoxide is quite reactive, while CO2 is
much more stable.
There are two methods involved in the cleansing of the atmosphere:
In the atmosphere, rain, snow, and dew tend to wash smoke, dust, pollen, and gaseous waste products.
There are two methods involved in the cleansing of the atmosphere:
In the atmosphere, rain, snow, and dew tend to wash smoke, dust, pollen, and gaseous waste products.
May
1
safety issue :Assam boat mishap toll may cross 200, bodies washed away
Local
authorities in western Assam's Dhubri town fear the death toll in
Monday's boat mishap on river Brahmaputra may cross the 200 mark. The
ill-fated double-decker boat had a carrying capacity of 250 passengers
but reportedly had some 500 on board.
The official body count,
however, stood at 45 till 8am on Tuesday.
The official body count,
however, stood at 45 till 8am on Tuesday.
May
1
GLOBAL LOVE DAY FIRST MAY Love Begins With Me
Hi Amar,
Thank you for the introduction to your blog and for sharing the vision of love with us!
Love, light and peace,
Harold W. Becker
President and Founder
The Love Foundation, Inc.
www.thelovefoundation.com
“Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally”
Think: Global Love Day
Feel: Love Begins With Me
Remember: May 1, 2012
The Day
It is our vision to unite one and all in a celebration of love and compassion.
Thank you for the introduction to your blog and for sharing the vision of love with us!
Love, light and peace,
Harold W. Becker
President and Founder
The Love Foundation, Inc.
www.thelovefoundation.com
“Inspiring People to Love Unconditionally”
Think: Global Love Day
Feel: Love Begins With Me
Remember: May 1, 2012
The Day
It is our vision to unite one and all in a celebration of love and compassion.
Apr
30
Sea level rise not causing major erosion: Govt
NEW
DELHI: The rise in sea level by 1.29 millimetre every year along the
Indian coastline has not caused any major erosion, science and
technology and earth sciences minister Vilasrao Deshmukh informed the
Rajya Sabha today.
He said during Question Hour that the ministry of environment was conducting a study on the impact of the rising sea levels.
He said during Question Hour that the ministry of environment was conducting a study on the impact of the rising sea levels.
Apr
30
The fight against climate change INDIA Rs 2 lakh cr in 12th Plan to save climate
NEW
DELHI: The fight against climate change will take a strategic jump in
the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012-2017) with the government intending to
plough in almost Rs 2 lakh crore through the various missions, the
working group on climate of the 12th Five-Year Plan has said.
The report seeks setting up of a dedicated structure of governance to oversee the different programmes under the 12th Plan with such large funds to be invested.
The report seeks setting up of a dedicated structure of governance to oversee the different programmes under the 12th Plan with such large funds to be invested.
Apr
29
REAL WORLD SAFETY PLEDGE
Grades K-2
Real World Safety Pledge
I will check first with my parents, guardians, or other trusted adults before going anywhere, helping anyone, accepting anything, getting into a car, or leaving with anyone. I will take a friend with me when going places or playing outside. I will tell people "NO" if they try to touch me or do things in ways that make me feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused, because it's OK for me to stand up for myself.
Real World Safety Pledge
I will check first with my parents, guardians, or other trusted adults before going anywhere, helping anyone, accepting anything, getting into a car, or leaving with anyone. I will take a friend with me when going places or playing outside. I will tell people "NO" if they try to touch me or do things in ways that make me feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused, because it's OK for me to stand up for myself.
Apr
29
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT
A.1 HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, RISK ASSESSMENT & CONTROL WORKSHEET
Relevant Standards/ Codes,if any____________________________________________________________________________
Completed By: __________________________________________________________________________________ Date:_____
Reviewed By: __________________________________________________________________________________ Date:_____
Likelihood includes Probability of Hazardous Event Occurring / may occur.
Relevant Standards/ Codes,if any____________________________________________________________________________
Completed By: __________________________________________________________________________________ Date:_____
Reviewed By: __________________________________________________________________________________ Date:_____
Likelihood includes Probability of Hazardous Event Occurring / may occur.
Apr
28
QS-9000
-9000 is the name for the Quality System Requirements used to increase customer confidence in the quality of its suppliers.
The idea of QS-9000 is quite similar to ISO-9000, International Quality System Standard, but QS-9000 applies particularly to the automotive industry for Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and truck manufacturers.
The idea of QS-9000 is quite similar to ISO-9000, International Quality System Standard, but QS-9000 applies particularly to the automotive industry for Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, and truck manufacturers.
Apr
27
SPECTROPHOTOMETER THEORY
SPECTROPHOTOMETER THEORY
A spectrophotometer is an instrument that measures the quantity of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through a sample as a function of wavelength. We will use the term intensity for quantity. Depending upon which model (particle or wave) of light is used, intensity is related to the density of photons in the beam or to the amplitude of the light wave.
A spectrophotometer is an instrument that measures the quantity of electromagnetic radiation transmitted through a sample as a function of wavelength. We will use the term intensity for quantity. Depending upon which model (particle or wave) of light is used, intensity is related to the density of photons in the beam or to the amplitude of the light wave.
Apr
27
Fundamentals of ISO 14001 and Compliance Audits
A lot of
confusion exists on the differences between an Environmental Management
System Audit and a Compliance Audit. An Environmental Management
System, ( an EMS) ensures that environmental issues are systematically
identified, controlled, and monitored. It provides a mechanism for
responding to changing environmental conditions and requirements
reporting on environmental performance, and reinforcing continual
improvement.
Apr
26
Need For Nutrient Budgeting For Sustainable Agriculture
In
India, diversity exists in the quality and quantity of natural resources
and their distribution with respect to time and space. For example,
India hosts 15% of the animal population, which, apart from supplying
milk and draught power in agricultural operations, contributes valuable
plant nutrients as supplement to the fertilizer nutrients. Indian
cattle, however, have different genetic make up compared to the those in
developed countries.
Apr
26
Global Love Day - May 1st for better environment , health , safety & Quality
It is
our vision to unite one and all in a celebration of love and compassion.
We honor each May 1st as a symbolic day of unconditional love and call
upon all people and all nations to gather together in the wisdom of
peace and love.
Global Love Day is the universal recognition of our innate oneness through love. When we come from this limitless love we naturally and easily embrace ourselves and our fellow humanity.
Global Love Day is the universal recognition of our innate oneness through love. When we come from this limitless love we naturally and easily embrace ourselves and our fellow humanity.
Apr
26
List of identified drought prone districts IN INDIA GOVT. SHOULD ACTIVATE
Agriculture Research Data Book – 2002
List of identified drought prone districts
Source : 1. Central Water Commission ( N.W.P. Directorate)
2. Compendium of Environment Statistics, 1999, Central Statistical
Organization, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation , Govt. of India.
List of identified drought prone districts
Source : 1. Central Water Commission ( N.W.P. Directorate)
2. Compendium of Environment Statistics, 1999, Central Statistical
Organization, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation , Govt. of India.
Apr
26
Natural Resource Management Division- ICAR-INDIA
Vision
Sustainable management of natural resources for achieving food, nutritional, environmental and livelihood security in the country.
Sustainable management of natural resources for achieving food, nutritional, environmental and livelihood security in the country.
Apr
26
Job Hazard Analysis
Purpose
The purpose of our Job Hazard Analysis is to identify, control or eliminate potential or actual dangers in a job or task.
The purpose of our Job Hazard Analysis is to identify, control or eliminate potential or actual dangers in a job or task.
Apr
26
CHEMOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER
After
Bhopal disaster, the next remarkable disaster took place at Chemobyl
Nuclear Power Station in the Soviet Union on 26-4-1986 and the losses
reported are as under.
The accident led to 31 deaths and 203 have suffered various degrees of radiation sickness. 14 were in hospital with 80 to 90 per cent burns due to radiation. The 1,35,0100 people around Chemobyl who were evacuated to safer sites would be monitored for radiation effects.
The accident led to 31 deaths and 203 have suffered various degrees of radiation sickness. 14 were in hospital with 80 to 90 per cent burns due to radiation. The 1,35,0100 people around Chemobyl who were evacuated to safer sites would be monitored for radiation effects.
Apr
26
BHOPAL GAS DISASTER REMEDIAL MEASURES:Human life must be equally valued everywhere
All the
25 major causes of this accident stated above in (A) and (B) suggest the
remedial measures. To avoid repetition, all these contributing causes
should be removed first and necessary steps should be taken to run the
plant always safe and sound, with all the safety devices properly
working. The working conditions must be improved and unsafe actions
must be removed by proper policy, training and education.
Apr
26
BHOPAL GAS DISASTER UNSAFE REACTIONS
Unsafe Actions:
1. The leak was not attended as soon as it was reported. Initial time passed in tea break.
2. The first information of five-fold pressure rise was dismissed in the belief that the pressure gauge could be faulty.
3. A newly recruited supervisor had asked a novice operator to clean a pipe and the blind disc was not inserted while doing so.
4. The public siren was put on around 1 am.
1. The leak was not attended as soon as it was reported. Initial time passed in tea break.
2. The first information of five-fold pressure rise was dismissed in the belief that the pressure gauge could be faulty.
3. A newly recruited supervisor had asked a novice operator to clean a pipe and the blind disc was not inserted while doing so.
4. The public siren was put on around 1 am.
Apr
26
BHOPAL GAS DISASTER UNSAFE CONDITION
From the published press reports they seem to be:
1. The refrigeration system to keep the gas cool was closed since long.
2. The vent gas scrubber was underdesigned, not repaired and not connected.
3. The corroded flare tower pipe not replaced and not connected.
4. The water curtain jests were underdesigned to reach the maximum height.
5. All the three tanks were filled in while one ought to have kept empty to use as emergency bypass.
6.
1. The refrigeration system to keep the gas cool was closed since long.
2. The vent gas scrubber was underdesigned, not repaired and not connected.
3. The corroded flare tower pipe not replaced and not connected.
4. The water curtain jests were underdesigned to reach the maximum height.
5. All the three tanks were filled in while one ought to have kept empty to use as emergency bypass.
6.
Apr
26
BHOPAL GAS DISASTER
BHOPAL GAS DISASTER
It was the night of 2nd December 1984 when the night shift staff of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal, took a round at @ II pm. There were three double walled, partly buried S.S. tanks (No. 610, 611 and 619) each of 60 tonne capacity and all containing the poisonous gas MIC (Methyl isocyanate) to be used to produce a deadly pesticide Carbaryl. At @ 11-30 pm. workers in the plant realised that there was a MIC leak some where : their eyes began to tear.
It was the night of 2nd December 1984 when the night shift staff of the Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal, took a round at @ II pm. There were three double walled, partly buried S.S. tanks (No. 610, 611 and 619) each of 60 tonne capacity and all containing the poisonous gas MIC (Methyl isocyanate) to be used to produce a deadly pesticide Carbaryl. At @ 11-30 pm. workers in the plant realised that there was a MIC leak some where : their eyes began to tear.
Apr
26
AIRLINE SAFETY TIPS
Fly on Nonstop Routings
Most accidents occur during the takeoff, climb, descent, and landing phase of flight so flying nonstop would reduce exposure to these most accident prone phases of flight.
Choose Larger Aircraft
Currently, aircraft with more than 30 passenger seats were all designed and certified under the strictest regulations. Also, in the unlikely event of a serious accident, larger aircraft provide a better opportunity for passenger survival.
Most accidents occur during the takeoff, climb, descent, and landing phase of flight so flying nonstop would reduce exposure to these most accident prone phases of flight.
Choose Larger Aircraft
Currently, aircraft with more than 30 passenger seats were all designed and certified under the strictest regulations. Also, in the unlikely event of a serious accident, larger aircraft provide a better opportunity for passenger survival.
Apr
26
EXCAVATION :Every year several people are killed or seriously injured
1) Introduction :-Every year several people are killed or seriously injured by collapses and falling materials while working in excavations. They are at risk from:
(a) Excavations collapsing and burying or injuring people working in them;
(b) Material falling from the sides into any excavation; and
(c) People or plant falling into excavations…etc.
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