Heavy Metals Monitoring News
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Minneapolis, Hennepin County Will Receive $6.8 Million Grant to Remove Lead
Local officials have received a $6.8 million dollar grant to remove toxic lead paint and other health threats from homes in Minneapolis and elsewhere Hennepin County. A city-county taskforce on childhood lead poisoning prevention secured the funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), explained the local Star Tribune. The taskforce has already reduced the number of ...
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EMLab P&K Sponsors Infection Control Conference by Environmental Contractors Association in New York City
EMLab P&K announces sponsorship of the educational conference on “Infection Control and the Changing Environmental Remediation Landscape.” The conference is hosted by the Environmental Contractors Association (ECA) and to be held on Thursday, October 20, 2011, at the Sheraton New York in New York City. EMLab P&K’s strategic alliance partner, The Linders Health ...
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Radioactive Rice Found in Japan
After finding elevated levels of radiation in rice crops near Fukushima’s damaged nuclear power plant, government officials ordered more tests on September 24, 2011. This finding is particularly worrisome, because rice accounts for such a significant portion of the Japanese diet. Preliminary tests on rice paddies in the city of Nihonmatsu, about 35 miles from the Fukushima plant, ...
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Mold Contamination Threatens Billion Dollar Missile Defense System
Earlier this month, it was reported that workers were battling mold contamination in the tunnels under Fort Greely in Alaska. Six underground silos that house rockets used to shoot down enemy warheads are reported to be contaminated with mold. The repairs are part of a $1.16 billion fix to the nation’s missile defense program. The mold growth occurred because water pipes in the tunnel ...
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Baltimore Court Awards $5.1 Million in Lead Poisoning Case
This month, The Daily Record reported that a Baltimore City Circuit Court has awarded a woman suffering from brain damage to $5.1 million. The 20 year old is reported to have spent the first 12 years of her life in a rented property that contained flaking lead-based paints. Many houses and apartments built before 1978 have paint that contains lead. Lead from paint, chips and dust can pose ...
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Mustang to Add Sensors' ECOSTAR System to Its Test Cell Product Portfolio
Sensors, Inc., the leading manufacturer of in‐use emissions test equipment, is pleased to announce that Mustang Advanced Engineering, a leading supplier of advanced testing and measurement systems, has added the SEMTECH ECOSTAR to its test cell products portfolio. The ECOSTAR system is a new range of modular gaseous and particulate measurement devices that meet worldwide laboratory grade ...
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10 Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease Reported in Pennsylvania
This week, it was reported that ten cases of Legionnaires’ disease have occurred at two care facilities in Western Pennsylvania. To date, no fatalities have been reported, but three people have been hospitalized with pneumonia-like symptoms. So far eight cases have occurred at one facility and two at another according to the Allegheny County Health Department. Legionnaires' disease is ...
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Ground glass solution for cleaner water
British science has led to a use for waste glass that cannot be recycled that could help clean up polluted waterways by acting as an ion-exchange filter to remove lead, cadmium and other toxic metals. Details are published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management. Only a fraction of waste glass bottles and jars can be recycled, partly because much ...
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Home Renovation Projects Lead to Increased Mesothelioma Rates
A new international study is shedding light on the health risks associated with asbestos and home renovation projects. The study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, has shown an alarming rate of asbestos-related diseases that can be correlated to exposure to asbestos from home renovation projects. The research found that 35.7% of females and 8.4% of males with mesothelioma in ...
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Heavy metal – in and around the lake
Heavy metal pollution of lakes has a seriously detrimental impact on people and ecosystems that rely on such bodies of water. According to a study published in the current issue of Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, researchers have focused on the physicochemical properties and toxicology of water from and around Thane City of Maharashtra. Environmental chemist Pravin Singare of ...
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Mold Greets Students as they Prepare for the New School Year
As students across the nation get ready to start heading back to school, a number of news stories have recently made headlines about mold problems facing school districts. Elevated levels of mold can cause a host of potential health issues for anyone spending time in these buildings. In Lake Zurich, Illinois, an elementary school recently discovered mold above classrooms and hallways in 17 ...
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Rebuilding after Hurricane Irene Reveals Asbestos and Lead Hazards
Current damage estimates from Hurricane Irene range from $7 to $10 billion. Countless homes and businesses have been damaged by wind, rain, tidal surges and flooding. In some areas the power has still not been restored making the cleanup efforts that much more challenging. As property owners and remediation professionals begin removing damaged and soaked building materials and belongings new ...
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Chemical Contamination Concerns in the Wake of Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene left a path of death and destruction across 11 states from North Carolina to Maine. At least 38 people lost their lives and thousands of homes and businesses have been damaged. A large number of these damaged properties are the result of floods, heavy rains and tidal surges. The storm hit some of the most densely populated portions of the entire country. Some estimates have ...
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Protecting Your Family from Avian Pathogens
The nation’s leading environmental laboratory, EMSL Analytical, offers testing services to help protect families from histoplasmosis and cryptococcosis. Cinnaminson, NJ, July 29th, 2011 There are more than 10,000 species of birds across the globe. Approximately 925 of these species are found in the United States and Canada. A number of these species are found in places that people live. ...
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Contaminated Water from Hurricane Irene Causes Boil Water Alerts
Boil water notices have been issued in many counties that suffered damage from Hurricane Irene. The hurricane caused massive destruction and flooding that has impacted countless communities. Many of these now face contaminated drinking water supplies due to the storm. Boil water notices are issued when municipal and private water utilities have concerns over contamination of the drinking water ...
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Washington State Gets Tough with Chemicals in Children’s Products
Last week, The Seattle Times published an article about a new state law in Washington that requires manufacturers of children’s product to report harmful chemicals. According to the article, state officials have come up with 66 chemicals that would trigger the need for manufacturers to report their presence to state officials. The children’s products include toys, cosmetics, jewelry ...
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Listeria Testing Laboratory Helps Companies Prevent Costly Recalls
Last week, a Chicago-based company announced the recall of over 8,000 packages of smoked salmon due to Listeria contamination fears. That recall followed one earlier in the month by a California-based company that announced similar Listeria concerns in packaged 5 and 7-layer dips. Also announced this month was the recall of thousands of pounds of Canadian bacon that had been shipped to the ...
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California’s Prop 65 and Ethylene Thiourea Public Health Concerns
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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EMLab P&K Prepares Mold and Bacteria Testing Capacity to Assist Flooded Areas in Eastern Seaboard After Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene brought gale force winds, surging seas and torrential rain, including as much as 15 inches falling in some areas. Hurricane Irene was unusual with its large size and slow speed, which created problems with winds and rains that reached far inland and for long durations. Severe storms and coastal flooding battered states along the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to ...
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Vapor Intrusion Risks a Real Threat to Building Occupants
Vapor intrusion is the process by which chemicals migrate to the indoor air above a contaminated site. Vapor intrusion generally occurs when there is movement of volatile chemicals from contaminated groundwater or soil into an overlying building. In extreme cases, the vapors may accumulate in dwellings or occupied buildings to levels that may pose near-term safety hazards from explosions, acute ...
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