Five months ago (september 2013) I installed an NetAtmo weather station in my family´s house in Ontinar (Zaragoza). In practice, it consist on three aluminium cylinders with similar dimensions of a soda can (45x45x155 mm the biggest one) as the ones at Read More …
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Six frequently asked questions any citizen must know about nanotechnology
1. Nanotechnology, nanomaterials, nanoparticles,… what’s all this about? A nanomaterial is any material with morphological features sized in at least one dimension between 1 and 1000 nanometers (10-9 meters). In any of its dimensions (length, height, width) is really small: Read More …
Clint Eastwood: Something to do with life
One of my favourite movies are the ones making up the “Dollars Trilogy“, the film series consisting in three films directed by Sergio Leone in the 1960 decade: A fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: The time when sanitary engineering recommended the asbestos
It doesn´t matter how much histories recur, it continues being surprising how brilliant and welcomed innovations in the beginning, become over time into something insignificant or even dangerous and forbidden. Asbestos is a clear example of it. As well, an Read More …
One of the best sites on the Internet for corporate Safety and Environment in Spanish
I´ve been using the Internet for years with professional purpose. I could´t say exactly how long, but what I know is that this is my third year as a blogger and Aragon Valley increases even more the professional use I Read More …
Pope Francis to issue the major statement on environment ever
Up to now, the most important statement on environment ever issued was likely the one by United States´ president Obama read on june 2013 about the global environment. It was an ambitious lecture on climate change, at the level of Read More …
Nanotechnology as a disruptive factor in Occupational Safety and Health, Environment
“In the long term, nanotechnology will demand a revolutionary re-thinking of occupational health and safety”. John Howard, MD, NIOSH. John Howard is the director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the U.S.. This words are Read More …
Managing stress and psychosocial risks at work, in the next EU-OSHA´s campaign
Stress and psychosocial risks are the second most frequently reported work-related health problem in Europe; Along with other psychosocial risks, stress is thought to account for more than a half (50-60%) of all lost working days. These are just a Read More …
The pillars of the Earth
Weeks ago, I finished reading “The pillars of the Earth”, the great book by Ken Follett. One of the thinks I most liked was how well are the characters defined as the events happen. It almost could be said that, Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: Ferrocarril Central de Aragón´s train accident in Luco (Teruel, Aragón), 1904
This is a classic entry on the catastrophe suffered in the summer of 1904 by a train from the Ferrocarril Central de Aragón company, while travelling towards Calatayud from Valencia, which was the regular itinerary of this historic railway. It Read More …
Occupational Safety and Health in 2014
One of the most expected predictions in one of my professional fields -risk prevention- for 2013 failed: last year the new European Strategy on Safety and Health at Work was not renewed. This drove to a deep criticism to relevant authorities, Read More …
2014: Work and personal development
I don´t like to establish specific dates as scheduled starting points of projects or redeem myself by making emends. I prefer to think that I take action day-to-day, not depending on one specific day, only justified by taking up a Read More …
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