Turning a Poll Headline on Its Head

The latest trend these days is "fake news." Fake news can be in several forms. In some circles, any news story that is considered negative or unfair is called fake news; in other circles, any story that uses only anonymous sources is fake news. In yet other circles, fake news could be a headline that [...]

2017-06-05T15:52:53-06:00June 6th, 2017|Safety Matters|

Taking Care of Health in Healthcare

Healthcare workers are vitally important for may of us. We could even categorize them as heroes sometimes, as many of them work very hard to save lives and get us healthy so we are able to spend as much time with our friends and family as would be possible. And many of them work long [...]

2017-05-30T16:14:12-06:00June 2nd, 2017|Safety Matters|

Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round …

As we come out the other side of the American Memorial Day holiday (Our remembrances to those fallen soldiers who have fought for all our freedoms, even ours here in Canada. Thank you to America), many school years are over or are about to end, releasing the kids to their parents and wreak terror in [...]

2017-05-24T16:07:52-06:00May 30th, 2017|Safety Matters|

A New Vehicle for High-Tech Vehicle Standards

Virtually everything in our lives has evolved with technology. From "smart homes" to smartphones to "smart cars," there is almost nothing (other than perhaps humans themselves) that hasn't grown and evolved into high-tech machines - even standard stoves, ovns, clothes washers and dryers have become computers, in effect. Cars have seen a lot of development [...]

2017-05-22T15:26:38-06:00May 26th, 2017|Safety Matters|

Crowdsourcing Dangers

There is something to be said about the new labor concept called crowdsourcing. This concept uses the internet to bring employers and contractors together from around the world. There are many different ways that labor can be crowdsourced - defined as work that is organized through an "online labor exchange" - which can cut costs [...]

2017-05-15T17:19:55-06:00May 19th, 2017|Safety Matters|

Risk-taker, or Cautious? Here are Your Jobs of Choice!

We can count on Mike Rowe to pick out the d?irty Jobs that may of us do. But if you were asked to come up with the 10 most dangerous jobs, and the 10 safest jobs, how many do you think you can name? Whether it's a dirty job, safe job or dangerous job, our [...]

2017-05-15T13:00:40-06:00May 16th, 2017|Safety Matters|

Do We Have the Whole Truth about Pesticides?

Which can be more dangerous, the pests or the pesticides we use to kill them? That has been a $64,000 question for a number of years, and depending on the situation the answer can be different.  Much progress has been made in developing pesticidal chemicals that are safer to humans, and improvements in developing better [...]

2017-05-09T10:19:31-06:00May 9th, 2017|Safety Matters|
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