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EMSL Receives New Continuing Education Credits in California
EMSL Analytical has been approved as a registered provider for continuing education for Indoor Air Quality and Industrial Hygiene sampling workshops. This approval has been issued by the National Environmental Health Association, NEHA, for 6.5 continuing education credits for the California Department of Public Health Registered Environmental Health Specialists. EMSL hosts numerous Indoor Air ...
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Benzene Levels in Denver Waterway Are 400 Times Drinking Water Standards
The U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) is trying to prevent benzene-contaminated water in Sand Creek from flowing into South Platte River, a major source of drinking and agricultural water for northeastern Colorado. Benzene is so toxic that even tiny amounts are considered dangerous; therefore, the EPA has set a national standard for the compound’s concentration in drinking water of 5 ...
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California’s Prop 65 and Gallium Arsenide 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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Hexavalent Chromium Contamination Forces EPA to Demolish New Jersey Building
According to the Environmental Protective Agency (EPA), the E.C. Electroplating building in Garfield, NJ will be carefully torn down due to hexavalent chromium contamination. Groundwater beneath the building has also been impacted by the chemical, which affects nearby residents as the water seeps into their basements. Preliminary samples reveal that parts of the E.P. Electroplating building, its ...
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California’s Prop 65 and Glycidaldehyde 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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Air Pollution Damages from Plant’s Emissions Prompt Lawsuit
Residents of Muscatine, Iowa have filed a lawsuit against Grain Processing Corp., which they allege emits so much pollution that homes, cars, and buildings across the city have been damaged. According to the Huffington Post, residents say that the plant, which makes corn-based products, spews toxic chemicals and particulate matter into the air that then travels for miles with the wind. Recent ...
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California’s Prop 65 and Respirable Glass Wool Fiber 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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Hexavalent Chromium Exposure in Georgia Manufacturing Plant
A manufacturing plant in Hartwell, Georgia has been cited for 16 safety and health violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA. The violations were detected upon inspection after receiving a complaint alerting the agency to occupational hazards at the facility. The total projected fine is $79,300. Of the 16 violations, 14 of them were considered serious violations in which there is ...
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ASTM International Committee on Air Quality Honors Dr. Kevin Ashley With Moyer D. Thomas Award
ASTM International Committee D22 on Air Quality has presented the Moyer D. Thomas Award to Kevin Ashley, Ph.D., senior research chemist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ashley was honored for his outstanding contributions to the standardization of the sampling and analysis of atmospheres. A member of ...
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EMSL’s Ohio Microbiology and Asbestos Testing Laboratory Receives AIHA Accreditations
EMSL Analytical is proud to announce that our Cincinnati laboratory has been awarded accreditations through the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). The Cincinnati, Ohio laboratory is now AIHA EMLAP and AIHA IHLAP accredited in addition to being NVLAP accredited for asbestos PLM analysis. Through the Industrial Hygiene Laboratory Accreditation Program (IHLAP), EMSL Analytical is now ...
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EMSL Becomes the Only AIHA EMLAP Accredited Indoor Air Quality Testing Laboratory in Massachusetts
EMSL Analytical, Inc. is the only AIHA EMLAP Accredited indoor air quality testing laboratory providing microbiological analyses in Massachusetts. In addition, EMSL’s Wallingford, CT laboratory is also AIHA EMLAP Accredited. The Accreditation of this facility marks EMSL as the exclusive laboratory in the nation to currently operate twenty one AIHA EMLAP Accredited laboratories. EMSL's ...
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ASTM D7202 - 11 standard test method for determination of beryllium in the workplace using field-based extraction and optical fluorescence detection
Exposure to beryllium can cause a potentially fatal disease, and occupational exposure limits for beryllium in air and on surfaces have been established to reduce exposure risks to potentially affected workers (4, 5). Sampling and analytical methods for beryllium are needed in order to meet the challenges relating to exposure assessment and risk reduction. Field-portable sampling and ...
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