The AIHA ECU Student Section started the semester by inviting guest speakers from Patheon, a pharmaceutical company at Greenville, NC on January 30, 2017. Mr. Curtis Barth (Industrial Hygienist) and Mr. Toby Holiday (EHS…
Dr. Jo Anne Balanay was selected for a pilot grant award from the NC Occupational Safety and Health and Education and Research Center (NC OSHERC) for her research project titled "Adsorption Characteristics of Activated…
Kearney GD, Balanay JG and Mannarino AJ* (January 2017). Safety Behavior and Work Safety Climate among Landscapers and Groundskeeping Workers in North Carolina: A Pilot Study. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation 56(1):45-53.…
Arthropod collection submitted by an ECU MS Environmental Health student for EHST 6300: Public Health Pests and Vector Borne Disease course
Dr. Richards posts a Terminix blog this week on venomous spiders in the United States. She identified spiders of medical importance (including the black widow and brown recluse spiders), types of spider bite treatment…
BS Environmental Health student , Rene Vanek, conducts air sampling for volatile organic compounds during 3D printing using a photoionization detector (PID) and a TO-15 canister, January 21, 2017
Dr. Charles Humphrey gave an oral presentation titled "Nutrient Treatment by Onsite Systems in Clayey Soils" and a poster presentation titled "Reducing Urban Runoff in the Lower White Oak River Watershed of Coastal North…
Dr. Richards posts a third Terminix blog this week on the whereabouts of arthropods during the wintertime when ambient temperature drops. She described how these arthropods cope to survive during the winter, including the…
Dr. Richards posts a second Terminix blog this week about fireflies and their ability to glow. She explains about bioluminescence in fireflies via 'lanterns', why fireflies emit light, and it is okay to catch…
Dr. Richards posts a Terminix blog this week about fire ants that were imported into the United States. She described how and when these fire ants were imported into the country, the states where…