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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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TCLP analytical services available from IATL
1311 Method for Lead in Bulk Material Available at IATL. IATL analyzes solid waste (TCLP for lead) in construction debris thru NJDEP’s Annual Certified Parameter List. Our new (2007) state-of-the-art facilities offer over 12,000 square feet of administrative and laboratory space dedicated to customer service and analytical quality. We routinely analyze 1,000-2,000 lead samples each week with ...
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Snow and Ice Accretion
The study and assessment of snow and ice accretion — the process by which snow and ice build up on solid objects exposed to freezing precipitation — will be the purpose of a new ASTM task group within Subcommittee E06.55 on Performance of Building Enclosures, part of ASTM International Committee E06 on Performance of Buildings. “There is a growing need to better understand the ...
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New Analytical Service from Eurofins to Meet Brownfield Challenge
Leading analytical services company Eurofins has launched a new rapid multi-parameter soil and groundwater analysis service, specifically developed to meet the needs of European legislation. The TerrAttesT® service provides cost-effective access to advanced laboratory analysis with a standard five day turnaround for results. However, urgent test data can be provided in just three days if ...
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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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EMSL Analytical’s St. Louis Laboratory Receives A2LA Accreditation for Food Testing
EMSL Analytical, a leading provider of testing services nationwide, announced today that their St. Louis, MO food testing laboratory has received an accreditation, certified to the ISO 17025:2005 / AOAC standard, from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The news has already spread quickly within the food industry, who previously had limited choices for accredited ...
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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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Golden Specialty, Inc. Announces New Offices in Illinois, Iowa, and Utah.
Golden Specialty, Inc., one of the nation’s leading industrial emissions testing firms, has opened regional offices in Salt Lake City, Cedar Rapids, and Decatur (IL). The new locations join Golden’s corporate office in Houston, testing operations in Deer Park (TX) and the Bellingham (WA) office. At each regional location, Golden acquired an established testing company with ...
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Woman Seeks $5 Million after Contracting Legionnaires’ disease
Last month, Alabama’s ABC 33/40 published a report about a local woman filing a lawsuit against the owners of a motel in Kentucky. The woman claims she got Legionnaires’ disease at the hotel from a contaminated air conditioning unit. She is seeking $5 million. Legionnaires' disease is caused by a type of bacteria known as Legionella. The bacteria are found naturally in the ...
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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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