“I don’t think anybody in the world has ever seen anything like this,” says Tom Lotz, a Senior Loss Control Consultant for Tokio Marine America, who has more than 30 years’ experience in the ...

The Altra Lone Peak is a perennial favorite of both trail runners and thru-hikers. The Lone Peak 9 is the most recent iteration, and I’ve been testing them this season on trails around Montana, Utah, ...

Often characterized by a single white dot on its back, the lone star tick is becoming a growing issue in eastern states, and is one of the driving forces behind the explosion of tick-borne diseases in ...

This is the fourth consecutive year we’ve put a Spring Shoe Award in the Lone Peak’s trophy case. It’s simply because few shoes can do what the Altra Lone Peak 7 can. The outsole is tacky. The stone ...

The roots of industrial hygiene can be traced back thousands of years. In ancient Rome, scholar Pliny the Elder advised miners to wear face masks, or PPE, made from animal bladders, to protect them ...

Ever since Samuel Slater, aka the “Father of the American Industrial Revolution,” opened the first textile mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, back in 1793, worker safety has continued to be a growing ...

The most distinctive feature of lone star ticks may be the starlike white splotch on the backs of adult females that gives them their name. But it’s the baby (larval) lone star ticks that may make a ...