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September 15^th to 21^st is gas safety week, which is an annual event to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of domestic gas appliances.  So, what are the gases associated with domestic appliances and why are they so dangerous?

Gas hazards can occur in some pretty unusual places, for example, the harvesting, shipping, storage and ripening of bananas is full of gas hazards.

Bananas are picked when they are cucumber green, but in order to ensure that they are not past their best when they finally arrive here, they are t...

Ammonia (NH3) is a colourless, toxic and flammable gas formed by the reaction of nitrogen with hydrogen.

Although ammonia has a strong smell like mothballs it is particularly harmful at excessive levels and prolonged exposure to humans and needs to be detected using ammonia gas detectors. W...