Due to a design element that has been a feature of almost every commercial jetliner since the 1950s, toxic fumes can leak from jet engines into the cabin or cockpit. The fumes have led to emergency ...

Semiconductor fabrication is complicated requiring nasty chemicals for everything from dopants to etchants. Working with such chemicals at home is dangerous and after releasing hydrochloride acid ...

The laboratory chemical fume hood is the most common local exhaust ventilation system used in laboratories and is the primary method used to control inhalation exposures to hazardous substances. When ...

As The Bard once said, a wine by any other name would taste less sweet. Or something like that, right? Back in the 1960s legendary winemaker Robert Mondavi wanted to make a high quality white wine ...

Back in February, the cabin of Delta flight 876 filled with hazy smoke mid-flight, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. Similar smoke or fume events happen on airliners at a rate of more ...

IN any work environment, employers need to consider environmental controls before ever putting an employee in personal protective equipment, such as a respirator, to protect them from dangerous ...

A well-designed chemical fume hood, when properly installed and maintained, offers a substantial degree of protection to the user, provided that it is used correctly and its limitations are understood ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: In February, a Delta plane took off from Atlanta bound for South ...

Seven flight attendants were taken to hospital complaining of headaches caused by "odours in the cabin" on an American Airlines aircraft. The crew on flight 1896, which landed safely in Orlando on ...