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Ear to the Ground is the twice-yearly newsletter from Newson Gale Ltd, providing information on hazardous area static control related subjects. Each issue contains a mixture of news about applications, products, technical standards, people and events, with a topical in-depth feature article in each issue.

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Issue 17: Spring 2008
'Best Practice’ makes sound business sense:
How to avoid the real cost of non-compliance in Static Control

Issue 16: Autumn/Winter 2007

Grounding Clamps & Cables - Essentials for safety and reliability

Issue 15: Spring/Summer 2007
Road Tanker Transfers - Our Safety Philosophy

Issue 14: Winter 2006

Choosing the Correct Flooring for Hazardous/Static Sensitive Environments

Issue 13: Spring/Summer 2006

Introduction to Static-Dissipative Flooring and Footwear

Issue 12: Winter 2005

New Mobile Bonding System

Issue 11: Spring / Summer 2005

Insight into ATEX Directives ( 482Kb)

Issue 10: Winter 2004
Stop Static...Staying safe at the Pump. Raising awareness of the potential risks during vehicle re-fuelling (1.04Mb)

Issue 9: Spring / Summer 2004
The dangers of earthing an object that is already charged (493Kb)

Issue 8: Winter 2003

Controlling Static Electricity in Powder Handling Situations

Issue 7:  Summer 2003

What is Antistatic? plus The Shocking Facts about Static in Liquids

Issue 6:  Autumn/Winter 2002/2003

How much have you been charged? - The possible accumulation of static electricity on people

Issue 5: Spring/Summer 2002

ATEX - European moves to increase safety in explosive atmospheres

Issue 4:  Autumn/Winter 2001/2002

Testing Times - On-going Maintenance of Static Control Procedures and Equipment

Issue 3:  Spring/Summer 2001

Self-testing static grounding clamp increases safety in hazardous areas

Issue 2:  Autumn/Winter 2000/2001

Plastics and Insulating Materials - Containing the risk in hazardous areas

Issue 1:  Spring/Summer 2000

Isolated Conductors - the hidden danger in hazardous areas