Safety Talk

Respiratory hazards in the workplace are often chemical vapors or toxic gases, but the air you breathe can also carry biological hazards – viruses, dusts, bacteria and spores – that can make you sick. While anthrax concerns have increased public awareness of respiratory biological hazards, there are many other common biological agents affecting workers every day. This safety talk will discuss a few of these hazards. What you need to do with this information is find out if there are biological respiratory hazards in your workplace, and learn how to protect yourself. One such hazard involves certain kinds of molds. A mold […]