Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

146 Keynote: Jim Vincent and Inhalable Dust

146 Keynote: Jim Vincent and Inhalable Dust Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 2023, Vol. 67, No. S1, i1–i35 https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac087 Abstracts professional achievements spanned an enormous breadth, but Keynotes his legacy is his contribution to the way we sample hazardous aerosols. Abstract citation ID: wxac087.001 19 Keynote: Creative Use of Direct Reading Instruments Abstract citation ID: wxac087.003 Thomas Peters University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA 147 Keynote: Bioaerosols Associated Dr. Peters will present on the use of direct reading instru- with Waste and Recycling – Balancing ments to assess workplace exposures. He will discuss various the Circular Economy with Occupational methods to handle data, such as hazard mapping and analysis of time-series data. The presentation will blend education and Health and Safety literature review. Brian Crook HSE, Buxton, United Kingdom Economic and environmental pressures are increasingly driving all areas of industry, not least waste and recycling. For many Abstract citation ID: wxac087.002 years waste disposal was the forgotten industrial sector, with little attention paid other than finding an out-of-the-way loca - 146 Keynote: Jim Vincent and tion for a landfill site. Initially, concerns about environmental Inhalable Dust consequences of pollution stimulated alternative approaches. This led to recycling becoming a virtue, then a legal necessity John  Cherrie Institute of Occupational Medicine, through reduce-reuse-recycle and targets driven by national and Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Heriot Watt University, international legislation. However, the virtues and legal require- Edinburgh, United Kingdom ments to minimise single use disposal of waste materials and Jim Vincent was truly a modern-day Renaissance man. An encouraging greater recycling has to be done without adding to accomplished jazz and classical pianist and composer, who human health risk. Domestic and commercial waste is by def- performed with some of Europe's top improvisers, making inition a complex and diverse mix of materials requiring sep- appearances at major jazz festivals and in BBC broadcast aration into individual recyclable products. Despite increasing concerts. However, his legacy lies elsewhere. He graduated automation, waste recycling still remains (and will for some in physics at the University of Durham with first-class hon- time to come) labour-intensive. Some practices associated with ours in 1962, proceeding to a PhD in 1966. After jobs in aca- waste recycling may increase the potential for workers to be demia and industry, in 1979 he became Head of Physics at the exposed to dusts, chemicals and, where organic materials are Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in Edinburgh. He involved, bioaerosols (airborne micro-organisms or their prod- took over a research team that had been working on sampling ucts). Uncontrolled exposure to bioaerosols via inhalation of dusts for studies of the risks of lung disease in coal miners can increase the potential for allergic lung disease, potentially and other workers. Jim’s team defined the sampling criteria for putting waste and recycling workers at risk. Engineering con- the aerosol that can be inhaled into the nose or mouth, in col- trol such as the use of local exhaust ventilation is feasible but laboration with other European scientists and, in 1986, pub- can be difficult to apply, and personal protection often is not lished the description and experimental characterisation of the a practical alternative. This presentation will describe research IOM Inhalable Dust sampler. This sampler has been recom- showing potential exposure to bioaerosols in waste composting, mended for measuring dust exposure in workplaces around materials recycling facilities and energy from waste, the possible the world. Its design, which the IOM patented, has remained health consequences of exposure, and will consider practical essentially unchanged for almost 40 years. Jim’s academic and mitigations applicable to the industry. © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Work Exposures and Health Oxford University Press

146 Keynote: Jim Vincent and Inhalable Dust

Annals of Work Exposures and Health , Volume 67 (Supplement_1): 1 – May 10, 2023

Loading next page...
 
/lp/oxford-university-press/146-keynote-jim-vincent-and-inhalable-dust-AGr4TRy39W

References (0)

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society.
ISSN
2398-7308
eISSN
2398-7316
DOI
10.1093/annweh/wxac087.002
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 2023, Vol. 67, No. S1, i1–i35 https://doi.org/10.1093/annweh/wxac087 Abstracts professional achievements spanned an enormous breadth, but Keynotes his legacy is his contribution to the way we sample hazardous aerosols. Abstract citation ID: wxac087.001 19 Keynote: Creative Use of Direct Reading Instruments Abstract citation ID: wxac087.003 Thomas Peters University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA 147 Keynote: Bioaerosols Associated Dr. Peters will present on the use of direct reading instru- with Waste and Recycling – Balancing ments to assess workplace exposures. He will discuss various the Circular Economy with Occupational methods to handle data, such as hazard mapping and analysis of time-series data. The presentation will blend education and Health and Safety literature review. Brian Crook HSE, Buxton, United Kingdom Economic and environmental pressures are increasingly driving all areas of industry, not least waste and recycling. For many Abstract citation ID: wxac087.002 years waste disposal was the forgotten industrial sector, with little attention paid other than finding an out-of-the-way loca - 146 Keynote: Jim Vincent and tion for a landfill site. Initially, concerns about environmental Inhalable Dust consequences of pollution stimulated alternative approaches. This led to recycling becoming a virtue, then a legal necessity John  Cherrie Institute of Occupational Medicine, through reduce-reuse-recycle and targets driven by national and Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Heriot Watt University, international legislation. However, the virtues and legal require- Edinburgh, United Kingdom ments to minimise single use disposal of waste materials and Jim Vincent was truly a modern-day Renaissance man. An encouraging greater recycling has to be done without adding to accomplished jazz and classical pianist and composer, who human health risk. Domestic and commercial waste is by def- performed with some of Europe's top improvisers, making inition a complex and diverse mix of materials requiring sep- appearances at major jazz festivals and in BBC broadcast aration into individual recyclable products. Despite increasing concerts. However, his legacy lies elsewhere. He graduated automation, waste recycling still remains (and will for some in physics at the University of Durham with first-class hon- time to come) labour-intensive. Some practices associated with ours in 1962, proceeding to a PhD in 1966. After jobs in aca- waste recycling may increase the potential for workers to be demia and industry, in 1979 he became Head of Physics at the exposed to dusts, chemicals and, where organic materials are Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM) in Edinburgh. He involved, bioaerosols (airborne micro-organisms or their prod- took over a research team that had been working on sampling ucts). Uncontrolled exposure to bioaerosols via inhalation of dusts for studies of the risks of lung disease in coal miners can increase the potential for allergic lung disease, potentially and other workers. Jim’s team defined the sampling criteria for putting waste and recycling workers at risk. Engineering con- the aerosol that can be inhaled into the nose or mouth, in col- trol such as the use of local exhaust ventilation is feasible but laboration with other European scientists and, in 1986, pub- can be difficult to apply, and personal protection often is not lished the description and experimental characterisation of the a practical alternative. This presentation will describe research IOM Inhalable Dust sampler. This sampler has been recom- showing potential exposure to bioaerosols in waste composting, mended for measuring dust exposure in workplaces around materials recycling facilities and energy from waste, the possible the world. Its design, which the IOM patented, has remained health consequences of exposure, and will consider practical essentially unchanged for almost 40 years. Jim’s academic and mitigations applicable to the industry. © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Occupational Hygiene Society.

Journal

Annals of Work Exposures and HealthOxford University Press

Published: May 10, 2023

There are no references for this article.