The Role of Industrial Ventilation in Reducing Occupant Exposures: A Comprehensive Overview
by Josh Dunbar, PEVice President, Engineering and Environmental Services Industrial ventilation is more than just a means of maintaining airflow within a facility—it is an essential safeguard that protects workers, improves workplace air quality and ensures compliance...
Dangers Down the Pipeline – Lead and Copper Plumbing: What Homeowners and Commercial Building Owners Need to Know
by Michael FitzgibbonsIndustrial Hygienist Plumbing has been an essential part of human civilization dating as far back as 4,000 B.C.E. in the Indus River Valley, allowing access to clean water and enabling sanitation in our homes and cities. Two materials that have...
Effective Lead-Based Paint Management is Crucial to Safeguarding Health and Maintaining Property Value
Brian LongIndustrial Hygiene Technician Lead-based paint, once a common choice for residential and commercial buildings, poses significant health risks, particularly to children and pregnant women. Despite being banned in many countries, including the United States,...
Managing Asbestos…As Best We Can
by Carson FishelSafety Coordinator Asbestos has been used for over 4,000 years, mainly for its durability and resistance to fire, electricity and chemical corrosion. It is so abundant and easy to mine that in the 1800’s it became the “go to” product for insulation. ...
Mold Prevention Management Just Makes Sense (and Cents)
by Eric CuretonOperations Manager As inflation increases the cost for just about everything, businesses are on the lookout for ways to save money whenever possible. Increases in the cost of materials and supplies, as well as labor have many scratching their heads on...
Asbestos, The Final Countdown?
by Kerri BoddySenior Environmental Scientist On March 18, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a comprehensive ban on the use of white (chrysotile) asbestos, the only remaining type of asbestos still processed in, distributed within and...
Clean Classrooms for Carolina Kids: A Program for Safer and Healthier Schools
by Tom MajkowskiEnvironmental Scientist Schools are meant to be safe havens for children, fostering an environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive. However, in North Carolina and across the United States, there’s an alarming issue that threatens the safety of...
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) (October 23-29, 2022)
by Susan Kite, PGSenior Geologist The focus of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) is to increase awareness on ways to reduce childhood exposure and prevent lead poisoning by highlighting ways parents can reduce lead exposure in their child’s environment. ...
Why Asbestos is Still an Issue in 2022
by Kerri BoddySenior Environmental Scientist While asbestos has been regulated since 1971 by OSHA and since 1976 by the EPA under 1) the Toxic Substances Control Act and since 1973 under 2) NESHAPs (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants), asbestos...
The Second Concern in the Aftermath of Flooding: Mold Exposure
by Chrissie DawsonProject Manager As Eastern Kentucky is currently suffering through a tragic historic flooding event, with 37 lives lost to-date, another problem lurks in the background. That problem, while not as immediately devastating, is exposure to mold....