1/30/2017 It was back in December 14, 1984, at the then new Limerick nuclear power plant in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where, as the story goes, a construction engineer was on his way to work and set off the facility’s radiation monitoring alarms. Because the plant was still under construction (the Read more…
10/10/2016 Of all the animals that humans have been in fear of running into a face-to-face confrontation, it is without a doubt, those creatures that come equipped with sharp teeth, long claws, and flexing coils. But after about 4.5 billion years of being on our guard from attack from such Read more…
9/19/2016 Those of us that enter into the field of Occupational Safety and Health will inevitably learn about Pliny the Elder. Although his actual birth date was never recorded, it has been calculated, through his death, that he was born in the year 23 AD. Gaius Plinius Secundus (Latin name), Read more…
6/4/2018 In 1970, the revolutionary book, Future Shock, hit the NY Times Bestseller list. Millions of Americans were suddenly thrown into a new reality; one that we today understand all too well. This book presented a warning to the world as a futuristic vision for which the human race was Read more…
9/25/2017 At some point in our lives, this week’s topic will touch us all. And if you think about it, it can keep you up at night. That is, if you’re not already dealing with an elderly relative living in an assisted living or nursing home, odds are one day Read more…
10/9/2017 Next month the Great American Smokeout takes place (November 16, 2017). This is an annual event, hosted by the American Cancer Society and has been going on since 1977. The event encourages people to stop smoking cigarettes for 24 hours, hoping their decision not to smoke will last forever. Read more…
5/28/2019 Back in the 1970’s – there I was – in San Francisco when I walked into the newest hotel in the city…the Hyatt Regency. It was like I walked into a city within a city. One of the defining features of the hotel was its lobby, which incorporated a Read more…