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EScIS is excited to share that KaizenLAB now integrates with ESdat Environmental Data Management Software!
With a staff of over 55 in Canada and Environmental Laboratories in Trinidad and Guyana, KaizenLAB's main labs are in Calgary and Edmonton."As Albertans, we understand our province's relationship with the oil and gas industry. It has supported many businesses in the world of natural resources. Like all industries, oil and gas have been impacted by the ebbs and flows of an ever-changing economy, ...
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ANDRITZ AG to deliver DeNOx plant to Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Germany
The DeNOx plant is being built to treat the flue gases from the sewage sludge incineration line with multiple-hearth furnace VA3 and the two lime kilns VA1 and VA2. Completion of the project and start-up is scheduled for the end of 2018. By modernizing the plant, Currenta can ensure that the NOx limit, which will be lowered from 200 to <100°mg/Nm³ as from January 1, 2019 in ...
By Andritz AG
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Toxic Lead Paint Still a Hazard in Many Buildings across California
Last month, the California HealthCare Foundation’s Center for Health Reporting published a report about lead paints hazards and vulnerable children. The article discusses an ongoing legal case that could require paint companies to pay up to a billion dollars to remove lead-based paints from homes in the state. According to the article, a Santa Clara Superior Court judge has until the end ...
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Los Angeles Area Residents Concerned Over Lead & Arsenic Hazards from Recycling Plant
Last month, the Los Angeles Times published a report about area residents’ concerns over exposure to lead and arsenic from a Vernon battery recycling plant. The plant is one of the largest of its kind on the West Coast. It has been around for decades and is located in an area with a dense population. The Los Angeles County Department of Health has announced it will be offering free blood ...
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LA Testing Provides California Residents with Information Regarding Arsenic Exposure Risks
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that is widely distributed in the earth's crust. People can at times be exposed to arsenic through tainted air, water and food. Exposure to higher-than-average levels of arsenic occurs mainly in the workplace, near hazardous waste sites and areas with high levels naturally occurring in soil, rocks and water. Arsenic can combine with other elements ...
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EMSL Toronto is Now CDC ELITE Proficient for Legionella Testing
EMSL Toronto Lab is now Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ELITE Program Proficient. The ELITE Program was created as a way for laboratories to test their Legionella isolation techniques against standardized samples. Proficiency status indicates that the lab meets or exceeds typical industry standards for recovery of Legionella. Legionella bacteria can grow in the biofilm in a ...
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Gold Mines Fined over $600k for Failing to Correctly Report Toxic Chemical Releases
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) created the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program. Under the requirements of EPCRA, all U.S. facilities that meet TRI reporting criteria must submit TRI data to the EPA and the states in which they are located by July 1st of each year. One of EPCRA's primary purposes is to inform citizens of toxic chemical releases in their areas. ...
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Xactware and AER to Help the Insurance Industry Validate Weather-Related Claims Quickly
A collaboration announced today uses weather analysis to help property/casualty insurance carriers validate storm damage claims quickly, saving time and improving customer service for policyholders. Xactware, a leading provider of technology to the property insurance, remodeling, and restoration industries, and Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), a leading provider of weather risk ...
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Legionnaires’ Disease Kills 3 at Chicago Hotel
According to Fox News, a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak that developed in a Chicago hotel has killed three and infected seven others. At this time, the hotel has not determined where the infectious Legionella bacteria originated, but has taken precautions by draining its fountain in the hotel lobby, the pool, and the hot tub. It also has shut down a portion of its spa. At the time of the ...
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Could Legionella Bacteria Be Contaminating Your Hot Tub?
Hot tubs that are operated and maintained improperly provide a perfect breeding ground for Legionella bacteria. Exposure to Legionella can cause potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease and non-fatal Pontiac fever. Legionnaires’ disease is a severe, potentially fatal and debilitating form of pneumonia that has long term effects after the disease has been treated. Pontiac fever is a ...
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California Updates Proposition 65 List with Kresoxim-Methyl
In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address increasing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative, the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is better known by its original name of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or ...
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California Business Owners File Suit against Commercial Property Owners
Earlier this month, it was reported in the Marin Independent Journal that former business owners of a video store have filed a lawsuit against their past landlords in Fairfax, California. The suit alleges that the property owners knew of improperly disposed of perchloroethylene at the shopping center by another tenant that operated a dry cleaning business, but did not inform the video store ...
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Environmental Information Association's (EIA) 28th Anniversary Conference & Exposition Coming Soon
The Environmental Information Association will hold its 28th Anniversary Conference & Exposition, March 27th – 30th, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Savannah, GA. The annual EIA Conference is the authoritative source of technical information for environmental, health and safety professionals. Conference session topics include indoor air quality (IAQ), environmental sampling and ...
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SGS acquires the Environmental Company EKO-PROJEKT LTD Pszczyna Poland
SGS is pleased to announce the acquisition of Environmental Company EKO-PROJEKT LTD, Pszczyna, Poland EKO-PROJEKT is the leading Polish environmental and analytical services provider with a strong focus on sampling and laboratory analysis of water, wastewater, solid waste, soil and landfill monitoring as required by EU regulations. It also offers environmental data management, digital mapping ...
By SGS
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