My Immunity, No More

Losing a (Once Winning) Battle with Poison Ivy
By Paula Kaufmann – CIH

For years I was the “go to person” when poison ivy was spotted in a yard – I was the neighborhood “poison ivy abatement expert”. I could always remove (yank out) the vines and clean up the debris with no [...]

September 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: As Observed - An EHS Professionals Viewpoint, General Health and Safety, Green Living, etc., Notes/ Thoughts From The Field | One comment

Top 10 Tuesdays – Heat Stress

Top Ten Things You Need to Know About… HEAT STRESS
By: Paula Kaufmann – CIH

1. Our bodies get stressed by heat and then are unable to cool down by sweating.
2. An overload of heat is often caused by a combination of high temperature and high humidity, which can be made more “stressful” by no breeze [...]

July 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: As Observed - An EHS Professionals Viewpoint, General Health and Safety, Top 10 - 2009 | Leave a comment