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Asbestos in Dusts Can Pose Health and Safety Issues for Building Occupants
Asbestos was used heavily in many building materials in the United States up until the mid-1980s. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Asbestos fibers may be released into the air by the disturbance of asbestos-containing material during product use, demolition work, building or home maintenance, repair, and remodeling.” The EPA goes on to report, ...
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New Chemical hazards in the workplace
In the days when Industrial Hygiene became a recognized scientific discipline, smoke stacks belched black smoke in River Rouge, MI and Pittsburgh, PA. Men worked in clouds of coal and asbestos dust and labor was hard, physical and usually dangerous. Personal protective equipment was rare; its use, even rarer and its protective effect marginal. Today, the face of manufacturing has changed ...
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Ground Zero Air Quality Has A Long Way To Go! A Summary of Air Quality Testing in Surrounding Buildings
There are still a wide range of concerns about air quality in the vicinity of Ground Zero. Many commercial and residential spaces have yet to be re-occupied. In only a few cases has any sort of inspection or testing been done to determine if they are safe to occupy. The greatest concerns are asbestos and the very irritating concrete dust that spread throughout lower Manhattan during the collapse ...
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Honest Truths
I have to be honest about my life, a life of sever Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). My father had it. I know, because I asked him why he only went to one month of high school, he said, I couldn’t study or sit still to read. ADHD is hereditary; some of my children have it. At age 30, not knowing what ADHD was or that I had it, I made up my mind that I was going to learn ...
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`A pack in your pocket and a cigarette in your mouth`
Not only did he smoke, but he was required to smoke - on the job. Jim McEvoy told this to Firm principal, Victoria Edises, twenty years ago, long before the secret documents of the tobacco industry had been made public. Back then, when asbestos plaintiffs' attorneys were emboldened to sue tobacco companies, they were overwhelmed with motions, interrogatories and depositions, awash in a ...
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XRF Cocoa Powder pellets for Malaria treatment | Spectroscopy Solutions
XRF pellet preparation is easy, consistent and efficient using the Specac Manual Hydraulic XRF Pellet Press. Popular across a wide range of analysis techniques, the pellet press is highly effective for XRF sample preparation. Fighting malaria with cocoa powder – XRF pellet preparation equipment Dr Isaac Julius Asiedu-Gyekye has been working with several colleagues across the University of ...
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The Nitty-Gritty of Dust Control
Landfill owners and operators spend a lot of time focusing on containment: containment of waste; containment of leachate; containment of gas, litter, and odors. Quite often, containment of dust ranks near the bottom of the list. But that doesn’t lessen the importance of dust control. Originally published in MSW Management. By Neal Bolton If not properly controlled, fugitive dust can ...
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What are filter aids?
Filter Aids” is a group of inert materials that can be used in filtration pretreatment. There are two objectives related to the addition of filter aids. One is to form a layer of second medium which protects the basic medium of the system. This is commonly referred to as “precoat”. The second objective of filter aids is to improve the flow rate by decreasing cake compressibility ...
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Identifying Naturally Occurring Asbestos Hazards at Worksites
Asbestos is the name given to a group of six different fibrous minerals that occur naturally in the environment. These minerals can be found in soil and rock formations in many regions of the Western United States. The term naturally occurring asbestos, or NOA, refers to the mineral as a natural component of soils or rocks as opposed to asbestos in commercial products, mining or processing ...
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Indiana (IN) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Expert
Indiana Indoor Air Quality Test & Sampling We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution testing/sampling throughout Indiana (IN) for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. Our History We have 40 years of experience in indoor air quality experts with the ability to investigate, test for and correct ...
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New Jersey (NJ) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Expert
Indoor Air Quality testing in NJ We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution testing/sampling throughout New Jersey, New York City, and New York State for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. Investigation, Testing, and Correctness We are indoor air quality experts with the ability to investigate, ...
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Wisconsin (WI) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Expert
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution testing/sampling throughout Wisconsin (WI) for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. We have 40 years of experience in indoor air quality experts with the ability to investigate, test for and correct IAQ pollution problems in a wide variety of settings ...
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Dallas/Fort Worth Indoor Air Quality and Mold Experts
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) testing in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. We are Texas’ indoor air quality experts with offices in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with the ability to investigate, test for and correct IAQ problems in a wide variety of settings ...
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Chicago Indoor Air Quality and Mold Experts
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) testing in the Chicago area for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. Indoor Air Quality Problems in Chicago? We are Illinois’ indoor air quality experts with offices in the Chicago area with the ability to investigate, test for and correct IAQ problems in a ...
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Air Quality Testing
Here at Indoor Air Quality Associates, IAQ is our specialty. It was the foundation of the company and is still our specialty. Indoor air quality is comprised of a conglomeration of factors such as temperature, relative humidity, and ventilation, superimposed on a palette of potential air contaminants such as mold, formaldehyde, VOC’s, particulates, and fibers. To conduct an intelligent ...
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Boston Indoor Air Quality and Mold Experts
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) testing in the Boston area for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. The Boston MA areas IAQ Specialists We are Massachusetts’ indoor air quality experts with offices in the Boston area with the ability to investigate, test for and correct IAQ problems in a ...
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ILLINOIS (IL) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Experts
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) testing in the Illinois (IL) area for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. Are You Experiencing Poor Indoor Air Quality in Your Building? We are Illinois’ indoor air quality experts with offices in the Chicago area with the ability to investigate, test for and ...
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NEW YORK (NY) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Experts
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution testing/sampling throughout the New York City (NYC) and New York State (NY) area for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. We have provided IAQ and mold services in the NYC area for 40 years! Do You Have Indoor Air Quality Issues In Your New York Building? ...
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Texas (TX) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Expert
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution testing/sampling throughout Texas (TX) for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. We have 40 years of experience in indoor air quality experts with the ability to investigate, test for and correct IAQ pollution problems in a wide variety of settings including ...
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Georgia (GA) Indoor Air Quality and Mold Expert
We provide indoor air quality (IAQ) pollution testing/sampling throughout Georgia (GA) for problems such as mold, bacteria, chemicals, allergens, dust, asbestos, lead and Building Related Illness or Sick Building Syndrome. We have 40 years of experience in indoor air quality experts with the ability to investigate, test for and correct IAQ pollution problems in a wide variety of settings ...
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