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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Indoor Air Quality Television Posts Foreclosed Property Video
Indoor Air Quality television (IAQTV) on you tube just posted an excellent informational video on "Foreclosed Properties & Indoor Environmental Risks". This video provides a basic informational warning on the potential indoor environmental risks in buying a foreclosed property.
Many of these dangers are well-known to those of us in the indoor environmental consulting industry. Future Environment Designs strongly recommends before the purchasing of a foreclosed property (one that has been unoccupied for a long period of time), that the buyer hire a Council-certified Indoor Environmental Consultant (CIEC) to perform an indoor environmental assessment to ensure these dangers are not present or can be easily eliminated. The CIEC will be able to help you determine what would be necessary to eliminate these hazards and help develop cost estimates to be used in negotiating a purchase price of the foreclosed property. If we can help give us a call.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
New OSHA Website For Winter Storms
Just before the holidays, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a new website regarding Winter Storms. Even though the northeast got snow on halloween, so far this year it has been tame regarding winter storms. Last winter was a different story, which is probably the reason OSHA has published this informational site to assist employers in proteecting workers from the anticipated hazards
associated with winter storm response and recovery operations that
workers are likely to conduct.
The site provides information in preparing for a winter storm, response and recovery, and additional resources. Preparation includes such things as listening to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radio or going to the NOAA Watch website for information on the storm, winterizing your car, preparing and carrying an emergency kit. Response and recovery includes information regarding the different hazards workers may face, such as driving/vehicle accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, hypothermia and frostbite, exhaustion, dehydration, back injuries and heart attack, slips and falls, electrocution, burns, being struck by falling objects, roof collapse, and lacerations or amputations.
The site is a very good source of information for preventing the hazards discussed above. In particular the winterizing your car part is very helpful in getting yourself ready for the winter storms that are only a matter of time before they get here.
The site provides information in preparing for a winter storm, response and recovery, and additional resources. Preparation includes such things as listening to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather radio or going to the NOAA Watch website for information on the storm, winterizing your car, preparing and carrying an emergency kit. Response and recovery includes information regarding the different hazards workers may face, such as driving/vehicle accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning, hypothermia and frostbite, exhaustion, dehydration, back injuries and heart attack, slips and falls, electrocution, burns, being struck by falling objects, roof collapse, and lacerations or amputations.
The site is a very good source of information for preventing the hazards discussed above. In particular the winterizing your car part is very helpful in getting yourself ready for the winter storms that are only a matter of time before they get here.
Related articles
- OSHA Winter Storm Preparedness Tips & Guidelines (ehssafetynews.com)
- Read The Preamble, To Better Understand The Standards (futureenv.blogspot.com)
Sunday, January 01, 2012
FED Wishes Everyone A Happy New Year!
Future Environment Designs would like to wish everyone a Happy, Prosperous, and Healthy New Year. Future Environment Designs hopes your 2012 will be better than 2011 and hope that the New Year will bring all of us peace, a better economy, safety, and health. Happpy New Year!
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
What Happened with NYS ELAP Ceiling Tile Analysis?
On April 8, 2011, New York State Department of Health's Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (ELAP) issued an FAQ regarding asbestos sample analysis. In this FAQ, ELAP informed us that ceiling tiles with cellulose need to be analyzed using the procedures in Items 198.6/198.4. This meant analysis using gravimetric reduction and inconclusive results requiring transmission electron microscopy analysis (TEM). In addition, the NYS Education Department (SED) in their newsletter #107 (July 2011) recommended that if schools have not tested their ceiling tiles in accordance with the current protocols, they should do so either as part of an existing or planned capital improvement or as an
independent analysis prior to disturbance.
Well its been over six months since this new procedure/protocol was announced, and next month it will be six months since the SED clarification. We would like to hear if this procedure has led to any new findings/concerns or are ceiling tiles still coming back primarily not containing asbestos? Please let us know what you are experiencing regarding this issue? So, far our experience is that most ceiling tiles are coming back not containing asbestos. What is your experience?
Well its been over six months since this new procedure/protocol was announced, and next month it will be six months since the SED clarification. We would like to hear if this procedure has led to any new findings/concerns or are ceiling tiles still coming back primarily not containing asbestos? Please let us know what you are experiencing regarding this issue? So, far our experience is that most ceiling tiles are coming back not containing asbestos. What is your experience?
Related articles
- NYS Education Department Issues Clarification on Asbestos Material Testing (futureenv.blogspot.com)
- New York State Releases FAQ on Asbestos Analysis (futureenv.blogspot.com)
- Future Environment Designs does an Asbestos Presentation to BOMA's Long Island Chapter (futureenv.blogspot.com)
- Schools Required to Manage Asbestos (futureenv.blogspot.com)
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