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EPA Reaches Agreement with Several Companies to Conduct a Study of a Contaminated Site in the New Jersey Meadowlands Near Hackensack River

May 22, 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a legal agreement with Apogent Transition Corp., Beazer East, Inc., Cooper Industries, LLC and Occidental Chemical Corporation to conduct a study of the contamination at the Standard Chlorine Chemical Company, Inc. Superfund site in Kearny, New Jersey as part of the cleanup plan for the ...

US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EMSL Analytical Launches www.VermiculiteTesting.com

May 21, 2013

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EMSL Analytical, Inc.

Three companies fined for illegal waste activities

May 21, 2013

Three companies have pleaded guilty to charges relating to the illegal depositing of construction and demolition waste, for the purpose of building a haul road at Hurst Plantation near Doncaster. At Doncaster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday the 7th of May, Wykeham Estates (Northern Ltd) were fined £3,000.00 and ordered to pay costs of £5,500.00; ...

GPT Waste Management Ltd

Overview of new CDM Regulations

May 17, 2013

Guest blogger Ai Solutions provides an update on the proposed new CDM 2014 Regulations. On March 13th 2013 the Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) received a presentation from HSE on the revision to the CDM 2007 Regulations. The presentation has now been published on the HSE website - CDM Revised Regulatory Package Update. The ...

Altius Vendor Assessment Ltd.

IAQ Video Network Connects with 450 Subscribers & Over 486,000 Downloads

May 15, 2013

Today, the IAQ Video Network proudly announced that 450 people are now subscribed to the network’s YouTube channel. This milestone is in conjunction with over 486,000 video downloads of the online network’s over 200 videos.   The videos have covered everything from airborne fungal pathogens and healthcare-associated infections ...

Cochrane & Associates, LLC

CIHs Requested in the Government’s Unified Facilities Guide Specifications

May 13, 2013

Federal procurement officers dealing with mold remediation projects have been provided direction through the government’s Unified Facilities Guide Specifications. The mold remediation specifications document, last updated in 2011, is a joint effort of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), ...

American Board of Industrial Hygiene

UN Conference takes historic strides to strengthen chemical safety globally

May 13, 2013

The three conventions that govern chemicals and hazardous waste safety at the global level concluded their first ever jointly held meetings of the parties late Friday night in Geneva. The historic meeting, attended by nearly two thousand participants from 170 countries, as well as 80 Ministers, adopted 50 separate decisions aimed at strengthening ...

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Outraged that Seven Countries Prevented the Inclusion of Chrysotile Asbestos in the UN Rotterdam Convention List of Hazardous Substances

May 10, 2013

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy, and community as the leading U.S. organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, is outraged after the 2013 United Nations Rotterdam Convention failed to reach consensus to add chrysotile asbestos to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) ...

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization Named as Finalist for 2013 American Business AwardSM

May 9, 2013

The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), which combines education, advocacy, and community as the leading U.S. organization serving as the voice of asbestos victims, was named a finalist today in the Company of the Year – Non-Profit or Government Organizations category of the 2013 American Business Awards. Since 2004, ...

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO)

City of New Rockford (N.D.) receives $200K for cleanup of hospital site

May 8, 2013

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected the City of New Rockford as the recipient of a $200,000 Brownfields cleanup grant which will be used to remove contamination at the old New Rockford City Hospital site at 214 Second Avenue. Today’s announcement is part of $62 million in EPA Brownfields funds awarded to 240 grant ...

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