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Asbestos Landfill a Concern for Area Residents
LA Testing provides environmental and air testing services to ensure asbestos found in California does not cause health concerns for area residents. Garden Grove, CA, January 31st, 2011 A recent article highlighted the fact that once asbestos has been removed from a building the health concerns caused by the asbestos do not just go away. A California family in Vacaville is concerned about ...
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Vermiculite Insulation Hazards in Homes & Buildings across Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico and across the Caribbean, vermiculite has been a commercial commodity for many years. Vermiculite is a type of mineral that when heated to a high temperature, its flakes expand as much as 8 to 30 times their original size. This light-weight, fire-resistant and odorless material has made it a useful component of products in the past, including insulation for attics and walls. The ...
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Asbestos Professionals Have New Choices when it comes to Insurance
In late September, a junior high school in Rhode Island was closed for several days so that abatement professionals could safely remove asbestos from the building. The asbestos was discovered when a ceiling that was being taken down during renovation activities revealed a second concealed ceiling. The hidden ceiling contained the asbestos. Cases like this happen every day across the ...
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Illinois Company Receives $127K Asbestos Fine
Earlier this month, the Chicago Tribune published a report about an Oak Brook company that federal safety regulators intend to levy a $127,600 fine against for 22 serious health violations. The infractions occurred at one of the company sites located in Franklin Park. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) became involved after a complaint ...
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Building Experts Warn Residents of Puerto Rico to be Aware of Asbestos Hazards
Up until the late 1970s, many different types of building products and materials commonly used in residential and commercial buildings contained asbestos. Today, many of these properties still contain these materials that could be causing a health threat to any building occupants. As these materials age or become disturbed, asbestos fibers can be released into the air. Exposure to asbestos ...
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Asbestos Containing Pipes have some Jamaican Residents Demanding Action
Earlier this month,The Gleanerpublished a story about residents from St. Thomas Parish in Jamaica voicing concerns over old and leaking cement water pipes that contain asbestos and deliver water to their homes. This type of pipe was once common, but its use was largely discontinued in North America in the 1980s. While the presence of these types of pipes carrying water and buried ...
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Puerto Rico’s Water Damage Professionals Utilize Advanced Methods to Identify Microbial Contaminants
When water damage occurs in a home or building due to flooding or a sanitary sewer overflow, the damage can be extensive. Property owners and tenants are immediately impacted as they are forced to vacate their home or business to begin the process of cleanup, drying out the property and repairing the damage. These types of catastrophic events can be overwhelming for those involved. This is ...
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Asbestos Concerns Continue Long after Most Use was Banned
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), asbestos has not been mined in the U.S. since 2002. Back in July of 1989, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule banning most asbestos-containing products. In 1991, this regulation was overturned by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. As a result of the Court's decision, the following specific ...
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Asbestos Exposures in New York City are Still a Major Health Concern
Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report about a rise in the number of deaths associated with malignant mesothelioma. Detailed in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the number of annual deaths in the United States due to the condition actually increased from 2,479 in 1999 to 2,597 in 2015. Malignant mesothelioma is a ...
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Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure Risks in New York
Last month, The Citizen published a report about an organization that runs a family and children’s center in Auburn, New York being fined thousands of dollars for improper asbestos removal. The organization that runs the center was cited for three serious violations according to the article. Asbestos-containing materials can still be found in thousands of commercial, institutional, and ...
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