Dodge these common myths that may be costing you up to 60% of the results you could be achieving with a proper dust control program. Over the past 40 years, since the birth of the dust control industry, people have been looking for an effective dust control program. Government agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of …
The Safest Way to Road Dust Control
For community residents that live near unpaved roads, there’s an obvious, and understandable, concern about the health, safety and environmental impact of road dust control measures used on their roads. There are a number of ways that chemical dust control products can move from the intended location: Over-spraying the sides of the road during application can leak the product into …
Life on the Side of an Unpaved Road
The Stories and Science Behind the Plague of Fugitive Gravel Road Dust Google “residents complain about road dust” and you’ll get over 17 million results, with lists of local news articles citing community complaints about the detrimental effect of gravel road dust. If you’re a county or municipal official who has anything to do with county or township road management, …
DEBUNKED: 4 Reasons Water is NOT Sufficient for Mining Dust Control
If you are still using water for dust control in your underground mine, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. Water is an extremely temporary solution that, in the long run, both wracks up costs and wears away the surfaces it’s used on. As a reactive mining dust control measure, you are likely spending far more on it than you imagine. …
A Prison of Dust — the Impact of Unpaved County and Township Roads on Rural Communities
For rural towns in Alaska and Canada, unpaved roads present a tangible threat to the very community itself. Residents are, in some places, literally confined to their houses during particularly dry seasons. Fugitive dust from unpaved roads shuts down tourism, affecting the local economy. It causes damage to vehicles, therefore requiring more repairs, increasing the financial burden on families. And the …