Dead or Alive? Airborne Particles

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After an early academic career in the UK and Canada, Dr Fred Parrett started a consultancy business which included working on chemical methods of dust control and dust monitoring, and latterly airborne bacteria. Airborne Particles can be dead (dust) or alive (bioaerosols).

Dust can arise from natural sources or be man-made. The lecture will outline the sources, health implications, monitoring and control of dust. It was this work that led to the company developing and manufacturing bio-aerosol samplers. Compared to 'dust', bio-aerosols, the terms for airborne viruses, bacteria, moulds etc... are more complex, in that their monitoring and control are more difficult. Due to this, the topic is often ignored, even by microbiologists. There are sound techniques that are used and these will be described.

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Dr Fred Parrett, Parrett Technical Developments