Health and Safety

The inter connectedness of life on earth means that nothing we put into the ecosystem simply disappears. In other word
s, what we do to the planet, we do to ourselves. Pollutants reach humans through the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe and endanger our health in both immediate and long-lasting ways. Outdoor air pollution alone is associated with more than one million deaths and countless illnesses each year across the globe. Children and the elderly - the most vulnerable members of our society - are especially susceptible to toxins like mercury and pesticides.

Why Environmental Health Matters?

The human body is mostly water – up to 70% water, in fact. Add that to the reality that only 2.5% of water on the planet is drinkable and it becomes clear why protecting our water supply is so important. Although the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Acts are meant to keep toxins out of our water, many still slip by both our policy safeguards and our physical filtration systems. Currently, many of the protections America put in place to ensure clean, safe water are under threat. Fracking for natural gas, which has contaminated groundwater, has led to health problems in communities where those resources are being extracted. Polluted runoff from cities and farms flows into the rivers we draw much of our drinking water from and ends up in our bodies.

Motor vehicle and industrial emissions impact human health too, as these sources contain dangerous pollutants like mercury and sulfur dioxide. The American Lung Association found that too many live in areas that have unhealthy levels of air pollution and are at risk of illnesses like lung and heart disease, cancer, and asthma. Rising global temperatures from climate change worsen pollution. Indoor air can be dangerous as well, given the presence of chemicals from building materials, household products and mold. Illnesses caused by air pollution keep children out of school and adults out of work and lead to an estimated 35,700 premature deaths in the U.S. per year.


Over the Diwali weekend of 2016, India’s air quality was among the world’s worst and between 40% and 100% worse in five north Indian cities than at the same time the preceding year, according to global air pollution data and an IndiaSpend analysis of national data and our #Breathe network of sensors
- (Source Hindustan times 4th November 2016)


PM 2.5 is fine particulate matter about 30 times finer than a human hair. These particles can be inhaled deep into the lungs, causing heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer and respiratory diseases, and are known to pose the greatest risk to human health. Their measurement is considered to be the best indicator of the level of health risks from air pollution, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
In such situation it becomes very important to regularly monitor the air quality near us. Our company has wide ranges of products which can be used for monitoring air quality Indoor as well as outdoor. These instruments can be used for household as well as industrial application. As per CPCB (central pollution control board) it has become mandatory to monitor and maintain industrial pollutions thus our company provides the instrument which will continuously monitors the Industrial air quality and provide the data live on pollution board websites. Following are the our health and safety and environment related instruments,

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