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EMLab P&K Irvine Lab Expands Services, Providing Accredited Lead Testing
EMLab P&K, a TestAmerica company and the leading commercial indoor air quality (IAQ) laboratory in North America, announces the expansion of services in its lab in Irvine, CA for Lead testing, including wipe, paint chip and bulk Lead samples, using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (Flame AA) Lead analysis. EMLab P&K’s lead analysis service is available to clients across the ...
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EMLab P&K's San Diego Lab Celebrates 12th Anniversary, Supports San Diego County with Mold and Asbestos Analysis
EMLab P&K, a TestAmerica company and the leading commercial indoor air quality (IAQ) laboratory in North America, celebrates its San Diego, California laboratory’s 12th anniversary. For more than a decade, EMLab P&K has been serving the community throughout San Diego County with mold and asbestos analysis. In the past twelve years, the San Diego laboratory has analyzed nearly ...
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New website provides important Health & Safety information about PCBs in caulk
Caulk can be found in virtually every home and building. The flexible material is used to seal gaps and joints in buildings to make them watertight or airtight. Unfortunately, PCBs were used as an additive in some caulks in the past due to their water and chemical resistance, durability and elasticity. PCB containing caulk was used in some buildings, including schools, primarily between 1950 and ...
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EMSL’s North Carolina Lead Testing Laboratory Receives AIHA Accreditation
EMSL Analytical is proud to announce that our laboratory in Charlotte, North Carolina has been granted accreditation through the American Industrial Hygiene Association Laboratory Accreditation Program (AIHA-LAP). The Charlotte lab is now AIHA-LAP ELLAP accredited for lead testing. The Environmental Lead Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELLAP) is recognized by the EPA National Lead Laboratory ...
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New PhthalatesTesting.com Provides Important Information and Testing Services
Although all of the human health effects of exposure to phthalates are not fully understood, a number of government agencies in recent years have begun to study their impact on people. Phthalates have also caught the attention of the media and a growing concern in the general public. Phthalates are a group of chemicals used to make plastics more flexible and harder to break. Some phthalates are ...
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Histoplasmosis Outbreak at Nebraska Camp
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a histoplasmosis outbreak that has infected counselors and attendees at a day camp in Nebraska. Following the outbreak, camp counselors were instructed to complete a questionnaire revealing information including activities on the campsite, campsite assignments, and their symptoms. Parents of camp attendees were given an ...
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EMLab P&K Sponsors Environmental Conference by Environmental Contractors Association in New York City
EMLab P&K, a TestAmerica company, announces sponsorship of the third annual environmental conference on “Managing Risk from Environmental Threats in the Built Environment.” The conference is hosted by the Environmental Contractors Association (ECA) and to be held on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at the Sheraton New York in New York City. EMLab P&K’s strategic alliance ...
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Methane Levels in Air Lower Due to Leakage Control
Despite an increase in methane-generating activities, such as drilling for fossil fuels, researchers have found that the amount of methane concentrations in the atmosphere have dropped over the past few decades, according to Climate Central. A team of atmospheric chemists have investigated and attribute this phenomenon to significantly diminished methane leakage from oil and gas wells. Methane ...
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Park Nicollet Health Services and EPA Reach Agreement on Lead Reduction Project
After the Clean Air Act violations at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Park Nicollet Health Services have come to a resolution. According to the EPA, the hospital failed to maintain any records or submit any reports on secretion of their ethylene oxide sterilizers. “Ethylene oxide has been classified by the ...
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Lead Poisoning Risks in Contaminated Soil
A recent USA Today investigation revealed contaminated soil around hundreds of old lead factory sites. At a hearing on Thursday, a US senator questioned federal environmental health officials about what is being done to reduce lead poisoning risks. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead poisoning, and they can be exposed to lead from a variety of sources–although lead-based paint is ...
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Lead and Other Toxins Found in Children’s Jewelry at Walmart and Other Retailers
New research, conducted by the Michigan-based nonprofit Ecology Center, has discovered high levels of toxic substances in many pieces of children’s costume jewelry that are sold in Walmart and other retailers. The products contained unsafe levels of lead, as well as other dangerous metals such as arsenic, chromium and nickel. Researchers at the Ecology Center tested 99 unique ...
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Recycling Lead from Used Batteries Increases Health Risks in Mexico
Increasing numbers of old batteries that Americans recycle are sent to Mexico, where the lead is removed and then re-sold or re-used, according to the New York Times. The recycling process for batteries has become more expensive and complex in the U.S. since the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.) instituted new regulations concerning lead pollution, so American companies are sending more ...
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Asbestos Contamination in Water Poses New Problems for Cleanup in Libby, MT
Tests of the waterways surrounding Libby, Montana show extremely high levels of asbestos, complicating a cleanup that has already cost $370 million over the past decade, reports the Great Falls Tribune. W.R. Grace & Co. mined asbestos-tainted vermiculite near Libby to make residential insulation until 1990. Now the area is one of the largest superfund sites in the nation’s history. An ...
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Military Families Struggle with Mold and Related Health Problems in Military Housing
Families living in off-base military housing in Norfolk, VA are suffering with health problems due to mold exposure in their homes, reports WTKR news network. Two mothers explained to the news channel that they and their children experienced symptoms that only began after moving into their homes. One woman remarked that what had appeared to be a cold became painful sinus, ear, and upper ...
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Maryland Court Overturns Lead Paint Law that Shielded Landlords
Maryland’s highest court ruled that an important provision of the 1994 lead-poisoning law violated the state constitution by denying lead-poisoning victims their day in court, reports the Baltimore Sun. Landlords of rental units built before 1950 had previously been protected from civil lawsuits from lead-poisoning victims as long as they registered and reduced the lead hazards in their ...
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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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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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Leading Asbestos Lab Experts Return From ASTM Johnson Conference
EMSL Celebrates 30th Anniversary our leading experts from EMSL Analytical, Inc. recently returned from The ASTM Johnson Conference. The conference sponsored by ASTM Committee D22 on Air Quality was held last week at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. Objectives of the conference were asbestos monitoring, with emphasis on topics such as the current regulatory framework, risk ...
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EMLab P&K Increases Mold Testing and Bacteria Testing Capacity To Support Indiana and Ohio After Flooding
Severe thunderstorms caused severe flooding throughout central and southern Indiana including Delaware and Madison counties. In Ohio, a mix of melting snow and heavy rain led to flooding across the state. Residents may be struggling with sewage back-ups and flooded basements and some neighborhoods have been evacuated. In response to the flooding in the Midwest, EMLab P&K has added local ...
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