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...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Sep 26, 2012 | Environmental Services
Yes, you can write and even certify your Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures Plan (SPCC)—even if you are not licensed as a Professional Engineer (PE). And though you do not need to be certified in your facility’s state, you still need to keep in accordance...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Sep 19, 2012 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
If for any reason at any time an EPA inspection is sprung on you and your facility—and you should expect anywhere from zero to some notice—you should always be ready. Naturally, keeping your facility’s operations and procedures up to snuff is the best way; still, how...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Sep 12, 2012 | Environmental Services
The Headlines Say It All…Again… “Dow Chemical Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million to Resolve Air, Water and Waste Violations at it’s Midland, Michigan Complex” “ Essroc to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations” Regarding Dow, It...
by Jim Davis, Environmental Risk Management | Aug 29, 2012 | Environmental Services, Industrial Health & Safety Services
Refrigerants are wondrous for all the industry, essential infrastructure, and basic human comfort that they make possible but there is also a fundamental downside to most refrigerant substances: they can be downright dangerous, if not deadly. Most refrigerants...
