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National Indoor Air Quality Awareness Month and Resources to Optimize the Built Environment
For most people, a comfortable temperature and relative humidity, good ventilation, and a lack of unpleasant odors are key indoor air quality (IAQ) components. Equally important is understanding and controlling unseen airborne pollutants commonly found indoors to help reduce the risk of health concerns. On average, Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors. The concentrations of some ...
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Jeffery Morris, Former OPPT Director, Examines TSCA as a Gap-Filling Statute
After reading the article below by Jeffery Morris, former Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), we were inspired to post it. We appreciate having the opportunity to share his analysis with our audience. TSCA as a Gap-Filling Statute: Potentially Exposed and Susceptible Subpopulations In its response to public ...
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NIOSH Tools to Help Identify Dampness and Mold in Buildings and Schools
Last December the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced it had developed a Dampness and Mold Assessment Tool for General Buildings and another focused on schools. The two new documents are meant to provide a mechanism to investigate, record, and compare indoor conditions over time, as well help to prioritize remediation of problem areas. In announcing the ...
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Building Science and Environmental Experts in Puerto Rico Identify Indoor Chemical Exposure Risks
Chemicals and related odors can frequently be the source of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) problems in homes and buildings. These chemical odors may be from organic or inorganic compounds and exposure to some could be a health hazard, while others may not pose a risk. Reducing exposure to chemicals indoors is a preventative action that can lead to improved outcomes for both worker and ...
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Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Launches New Division: Ship & Shore Technologies
Ship & Shore Environmental Inc. (SSE), an environmental products and services company specializing in air pollution solutions, has announced the launch of a new company division called Ship & Shore Technologies (SST). The new group will feature SSE's latest product line expansion of scrubber systems. In addition to the scrubber line, SST will engineer, design, and supply a full range of ...
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New study calls for urgent evaluation of links between chlorpyrifos and autism development
This call, published a day after World Autism Day, adds to well-founded concerns about health effects of human exposure to chlorpyrifos, as the pesticide authorisation is currently being discussed for possible prolongation in Europe [2]. According to the World Health Organization, reviews estimate that 1 child in 160 has an autism spectrum disorder. Some recent studies have, however, ...
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Recent Federal Developments
Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner, and Jane S. Vergnes, Ph.D., DABT, Director of Toxicology, presented “Overview of the Proposed Rule: Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” during the “Data for Chemical Evaluations: Secret or Otherwise” session at The Society of Toxicology’s 58th Annual Meeting held this week in Baltimore, Maryland. For a copy of the ...
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Ignore soil pollution at humanity’s peril
Soil pollution it is a major part of a wider problem that far exceeds the impact of climate change and must be taken far more seriously by the private and public sectors globally, according to one of the world’s foremost contamination scientists. Professor Ravi Naidu, Chief Executive Officer of Australian contamination research agency CRC CARE, issued the challenge as part of his opening ...
By CRC Care
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UL Environment and International WELL Building Institute form relationship to promote healthier building practices by improving indoor air quality
UL Environment, a business division of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two organizations in an effort to drive public awareness of, and increase global demand for, healthier buildings. The organizations will collaborate to limit exposure to harmful chemicals for occupants of ...
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EPA Awards $200,000 to two Los Angeles Small Businesses to Develop Sustainable Green Technologies
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $200,000 to two Southern California companies located in Torrance and Northridge to develop sustainable technologies that address environmental issues. A total of $1.9 million was awarded to 19 small businesses nationwide. “Southern California continues to experience poor air quality, and is now faced with a historic drought,” ...
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New ARO Station Solution Minimizes Leakage and Environmental Hazards During Fluid Transfer
Ingersoll Rand, a global leader in compressed air and gas systems and services, power tools, fluid management, and material handling equipment, introduced a pumping system called the ARO Station at the 2015 ACHEMA tradeshow in Frankfurt, Germany, held June 15-19. The ARO Station, developed for the European market, is a customized solution that houses an ARO pump and piping in a durable housing in ...
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Three EPA Employees Selected as Finalists for 2015 Service to America Medals
Today the Partnership for Public Service honored three U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees that have been selected as finalists for the 2015 Service to America Medals, which highlight America’s dedicated federal workers who have made significant contributions to our country. EPA is proud to announce that Robert Kavlock, Jacob Moss, and Stephanie Hogan were selected as ...
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U.S. EPA requires safer handling of PCBs in Imperial and Riverside Counties
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement valued at more than $920,000 with the Imperial Irrigation District for its improper disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at a former electricity substation. The District must spend $543,000 to replace equipment currently containing PCBs and perform an audit of 9 inactive substations. The District, the sixth largest ...
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Inhance Technologies LLC to Spend $239,000 to Settle Clean Air, Emergency Planning Violations in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
Inhance Technologies LLC, formerly known as Fluoro-Seal International, L.P., headquartered in Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay a $59,000 civil penalty and spend a minimum of $180,000 on systems to recycle hazardous hydrogen fluoride gas, as part of a settlement of the company’s alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act ...
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Texas Building Science Professionals Identify Vapor Intrusion Issues for Healthy Indoor Environments
Many people are aware of hazards to the air they breathe indoors due to such pollutants as mold, asbestos and radon. Far fewer are familiar with potential risks due to a process known as vapor intrusion. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Vapor intrusion generally occurs when there is a migration of volatile chemicals from contaminated groundwater or soil ...
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Diversity Outbred mice better predict potential human responses to chemical exposures
A genetically diverse mouse model is able to predict the range of response to chemical exposures that might be observed in human populations, researchers from the National Institutes of Health have found. Like humans, each Diversity Outbred mouse is genetically unique, and the extent of genetic variability among these mice is similar to the genetic variation seen among humans. Using these mice, ...
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Individual power stations’ emissions can be identified from a distance
Air pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHGs) from a coal-fired power station have been correctly identified 12 km away, researchers report in a new US study. Their monitoring method paves the way for a space-based satellite system which can check emissions reported by individual power stations against actual emissions. It is challenging to check the accuracy of emissions reported by nations under ...
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EPA Adds Pierson’s Creek Site in Newark, NJ to the Federal Superfund List Due to High Levels of Mercury
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today added the Pierson’s Creek site in Newark, New Jersey to its Superfund list of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Past industrial activity at and in the vicinity of the site, including the manufacture of chemicals, has contaminated Pierson’s Creek, which flows into Newark Bay. Sediment in the creek contains elevated levels of ...
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Clean Air Settlement with R.I. Chemical Manufacturer will minimize emissions
An EPA settlement will require that a Rhode Island chemical manufacturing company take multiple actions designed to minimize air emissions and protect air quality near the facility and in the surrounding community. The company, Mereco Technologies Group, Inc., has agreed to settle EPA claims that the company neither complied with the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for ...
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EPA will regulate some TCE uses unless industries take voluntary action, official says
July 31 — The Environmental Protection Agency will regulate uses of trichloroethylene that pose health risks to workers or consumers unless companies voluntarily stop using the solvent or find ways to reduce exposures, according to a senior agency official. “Voluntary efforts are frequently quicker and more cost-effective than regulations,” Wendy Cleland-Hamnett, director of ...
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