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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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Compounding Pharmacies Continue to Put the Public at Risk
According to Ocala Star Banner, staff writer Fred Hiers has been investigating thousands of compounding pharmacies that are becoming significant players in the nation’s drug market. His series, “Compound Fractures”, reveals that the public is at risk from unsafe drugs made at those pharmacies. Despite the risk to the public, the state and federal response to the issue has been ...
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Palm Springs Apartment Complex Residents Voice Mold Concerns
Last month, KMIR NBC 6 broadcasted a report about residents’ concerns over living conditions in an apartment complex in Palm Springs, California. It was the second report by the station about alleged mold in the complex that month. Since the initial report, additional current and former tenants came forward to voice their concerns. According to the report, some residents don’t feel ...
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Coal Tar Constituent Found to be Carcinogenic to Humans
After analysis the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has released a draft toxicological review classifying benzo[a]pyrene, a combustion chemical in coal tar, as a human carcinogen. Additionally the chemical is harmful to developing organs and systems. Benzo[a]pyrene is not used commercially but is ubiquitous in the environment from forest fires, motor vehicle exhaust, coal-burning furnaces, ...
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Sterile Compound Products Recalled Due to Possible Contamination
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pallimed Pharmacy of Woburn, MA has issued a voluntary recall of all sterile compound products after the Massachusetts Board of Registration detected visible particulates in five vials. As a precautionary measure, Palimed Pharmacy has included all products distributed between January 1, 2013 and March 22, 2013 in this recall. Affected ...
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Dusts Containing Asbestos can be found in Some Older California Buildings
Across California, asbestos was used heavily in many building materials up until the mid-1980s. If these asbestos containing materials are disturbed or become friable with age, the asbestos may become airborne and spread throughout a property. Eventually these asbestos fibers will settle and may contribute to dusts found in buildings. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ...
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Environmental Information Association Tours EMSL’s State-Of-The-Art Corporate Laboratory
On Friday, March 8th, Brent Kynoch, Kimberly Gooding, and Dana Nicodemous from The Environmental Information Association visited EMSL Analytical, Inc. for a corporate lab tour. EIA is celebrating its 30th year anniversary conference with the 2013 National Conference & Exhibition held in Washington, DC from March 24th to 27th. Anyone involved in asbestos management, mold identification and ...
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EMSL San Leandro Expands Laboratory Certifications
The California Department of Public Health’s Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program has extended EMSL Analytical’s CA ELAP accreditation at our San Leandro, California laboratory. In the testing field of microbiology of drinking water, EMSL San Leandro is now equipped and accredited for three new microbiology analyses: Total Coliform, E. coli, and Fecel Coliform ...
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Possible Yeast on Pharmaceutical Supplies Causes Recall
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reported a voluntary recall of two lots of Mitosol (mitomycin for solution), 0.2 mg/vial, Kit for Ophthalmic Use because they may contain a strain of yeast on one of more parts. The two affected lots are considered non-sterile and unsafe for use. The Mitosol Kits are an antimetabolite used by physicians in hospitals and clinics during ab ...
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Soda Vending Machines Will Soon Display Calorie Count
With criticism of soda escalating over its high calorie and sugar content, Coca Cola, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper have decided to administer new vending machines that will display each drink’s calories, according to the Huffington Post. This decision was voluntary and comes ahead of a regulation that will eventually require restaurants and vending machines to list calorie information on sodas. ...
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Legionnaires’ Disease in Quebec City Has Been Contained
According to CTV News, the Legionnaires’ outbreak in Quebec City has been contained as there have been no new reported cases since August 29th. To date, the outbreak totals 13 fatal cases and 177 illnesses. An ongoing investigation is expected to confirm the source of the outbreak by mid-October. Although it is officially undetermined, many public health authorities believe the source is a ...
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Legionnaires’ Disease Kills 3 at Chicago Hotel
According to Fox News, a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak that developed in a Chicago hotel has killed three and infected seven others. At this time, the hotel has not determined where the infectious Legionella bacteria originated, but has taken precautions by draining its fountain in the hotel lobby, the pool, and the hot tub. It also has shut down a portion of its spa. At the time of the ...
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Deadly Amoeba Naegleria fowleri Found in Louisiana Tap Water
According to the Los Angeles Times, Naegleria fowleri, has been detected in the Louisiana homes of two people who died in 2011 from primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. The two victims reportedly fell ill after clearing their nasal passages with neti pots containing salt water. Health teams inspected the victim’s homes to test water samples for Naegleria fowleri, but in both cases their ...
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Lead Exposure from Cosmetic Product Causes Lead Poisoning in 6-Month-Old Boy
According to Fox News, a 6-month old boy has developed lead poisoning after contact with a cosmetic product known as “trio.” The powder-like substance was placed on the boy’s eyelids during a folk remedy that is said to support visual development. The boy, who was born in the United States to Nigerian parents, was brought to the Boston Children’s Hospital in June 2011 ...
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Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Costs Pennsylvania Company $66,300
A steel plate manufacturing company in Conshohocken, PA has been cited for eight health and safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The company’s proposed fines total $66,300. The violations were identified when an inspection took place as a result of a complaint that workers were being overexposed to metal fumes. Upon ...
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Parasitic Amoeba in Minnesota Lake Kills 9-Year-Old Boy
The Daily News reports that a 9-year-old boy has died from a rare brain infection two days after swimming in Minnesota’s Lily Lake. The same rare brain infection also killed a 7-year-old girl in the summer of 2010 after she swam in Lily Lake as well. Health officials believe the deaths were caused by a parasitic amoeba called Naegleria fowleri in the lake’s water. The 36-acre lake ...
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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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Lead Hazard: Rhode Island Landlord Faces over $400,000 Fine for Lead Law Violation
A Rhode Island company faces fines of $421,900 for failing to notify tenants about potential lead hazards in the residential property being leased. The company was charged for repeatedly violating federal lead-based paint disclosure laws and regulations. According to the EPA, the company failed to notify tenants about the potential lead-paint hazards in the houses being leased, as required by ...
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Lead and Cadmium Overexposure in Ohio Battery Recycling Facility
A battery recycling facility in Lancaster, Ohio has been cited for 14 serious safety and health violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA. The company’s total projected fine is $59,400. Some of the serious violations included exposing workers to lead levels that were eight times the exposure limit, as well as cadmium levels that were more than twice the exposure limit. ...
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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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