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Mold Contamination Forces Florida Elementary School to Close
According to The Gainesville Sun, Starke Elementary School in Bradford County, Florida has been closed due to mold and fungus contaminations. The five hundred students who attend the school will be sent to alternate schools in the area or other locations until the issue is resolved. The school has reportedly experienced mold issues since it was built sixteen years ago. After an increasing number ...
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Mobile Home Manufactures Settle with Hurricane Katrina Victims Regarding Formaldehyde Presence
More than 20 manufacturers of mobile homes have reached a legal settlement in which they will pay $14.8 million to thousands of individuals who say they were harmed by exposure to formaldehyde after moving into trailers following Hurricane Katrina and Rita in 2005. Tens of thousands of people are expecting to receive payments as a result of the settlement, which was originally filed in 2006, ...
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Is Your Furniture Emitting Formaldehyde?
Did you know that furniture and building materials may release noxious gas into air? The process, known as off-gassing, can pose a serious threat to a family’s health as they breathe in volatile chemicals. Major sources of one such chemical, formaldehyde, are pressed wood products manufactured with adhesive resins, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The resins ...
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EMSL Opens Portland Laboratory
EMSL Analytical, Inc., the largest network of AIHA EMLAP, AIHA IHLAP, AIHA ELLAP and NVLAP accredited indoor air quality testing laboratories in the nation, is proud to announce that they have expanded their network by opening a new laboratory located in Portland, Maine. With this laboratory opening, EMSL now operates 34 laboratories throughout The United States and Canada. "We realized the need ...
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Company Provides Expertise in Protecting Workers from Exposure to Nanomaterials
As more companies and research institutions work with engineered nanomaterials for industrial and commercial products, a growing number of occupational, health and safety professionals have begun to raise concerns about worker exposures to these tiny materials. This is due to the fact that so many workers in industries that utilize nanomaterials have the potential to be exposed to these ...
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U.S. Senate Approves Resolution Establishing National Asbestos Awareness Week
On March 27th, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution to create the 11th consecutive National Asbestos Awareness Week. The week of recognition for asbestos, known to cause mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer, takes place during the first week of April. Senate Resolution 125 also urges the Surgeon General of the United States to warn and educate people about the public health issue ...
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Formaldehyde Exposure May Result in $14.8 Million Settlement
Last week, it was announced that 21 mobile home manufacturers have agreed to pay $14,800,000 to thousands of people who stayed in trailers provided by FEMA following hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Lawyers for the people who stayed in the trailers have filed a preliminary settlement in federal court asking the judge to approve it. Both sides filed a memorandum with the courts stating, ...
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