by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Dec 19, 2012 | Environmental Services
Do you know if you have potentially toxic PCBs in your caulk? The EPA recently reported PCBs have been found in high levels in building caulk. PCBs are man-made toxic chemicals which can affect the immune system, reproductive system, nervous system, and endocrine...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Nov 27, 2012 | Environmental Services
The Clean Water Act (CWA) defines “waters of the United States” as it applies to the jurisdictional limits of the authority of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). It stipulates the policy, practices, and procedures to be used in determining the extent of...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Oct 22, 2012 | Industrial Health & Safety Services
Fugitive dust is one of the largest sources of complaints that State Departments of Environmental Protection receive annually. About Fugitive Dust Fugitive dust is particulate matter which becomes airborne and has the potential to adversely affect human health or the...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Oct 10, 2012 | Environmental Services
Of the estimated 10,000 to 300,000 species of mold out in the world, your biggest concern is strictly with those growing or apt to grow inside your home or business. Any warm, damp and humid environment—basements, showers, rooms cut off from utilities, etc.—can foster...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Oct 3, 2012 | Environmental Services
“Invisible. Odorless. Deadly.” While an accurate description of carbon monoxide, this is also an accurate description of radon. Frightening as that descriptor is, when you add “Found Everywhere” to that listing, you start to get a more grim picture of radon’s deadly...
