Schools Recommended For Initial Air Toxics Ambient Monitoring Listed Alphabetically by State Hudson K-Eight Elementary School – Birmingham, AL Pollutants to be Monitored – Metals in PM10, Metals in TSP, PAH, VOCs Lewis Elementary School – Birmingham, AL Pollutants to be Monitored – Metals in PM10, Metals in TSP, PAH, VOCs Riggins School – Birmingham,…
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Arsenic detected in soil near Livonia playscape
BY CHRISTINA HALL FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Livonia has temporarily closed the Beverly Park play structure because arsenic was detected in the soil near the playscape and in test borings of the wood of the structure. Fencing was erected around the playscape today. Test results from about 8-10 feet outside the playscape area do not…
Arsenic contamination has some crying foul
By BRIAN MCGILLIVARY February 01, 2009 12:00 am Arsenic contamination was discovered at a proposed park in Peninsula Township weeks before voters approved a $2 million, 10-year tax to pay for the property. But voters weren’t told of the contamination, and some township residents want to know why the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy —…
Accountants urged to brush up water footprinting skills
Global professional body issues report calling for wider corporate reporting of water use James Murray, Business Green 21 May 2009 They may already be under increasing pressure to develop a standard mechanism for measuring the carbon footprint of a company or product, but that has not stopped the global body for accountants, the Association of…
What is a Pollutant?
What is a pollutant? If you look at an insurance policy they will define a pollutant as smoke, soot, vapors, fumes, acids. I am not a scientist and so the definition of a pollutant we use at ERMI is a material, substance or product that gets introduced into an environment for other than its intended…
EPA Envirofacts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to a public database called Envirofacts. The Envirofacts database is EPA’s single point of access on the Internet for information about environmental activities that may affect air, water and land…
Assault on Batteries
Environmental Strategist, between the lines: Under federal law you own your waste from cradle to grave. If a battery recycler does not adhere to government environmental standards the facility could be turned into a superfund site. Anyone/business that sent waste batteries to the recycling facility could be responsible for any required clean up. When is…
Drinking water of 41m Americans contaminated with pharmaceuticals
Source: Environmental News Network An investigation by the Associated Press (AP) has revealed that the drinking water of at least 41 million people in the United States is contaminated with pharmaceutical drugs. It has long been known that drugs are not wholly absorbed or broken down by the human body. Significant amounts of any medication…
Cost Justification Called Top Barrier To Greener Supply Chains
June 27, 2008 – Supply chain executives striving to green their operations are finding themselves most hamstrung by difficulties in justifying the cost of implementation, according to a new survey. The survey of 250 supply chain executives finds that of the 78% who are either currently implementing or evaluating green initiatives, close to two-thirds consider…
Developer To Pay New York States Biggest Stormwater Fine
The developer of the Greenport Commons retail project on Route 9 in the town of Greenport, New York has been slapped with the largest stormwater penalty in the history of New York state. Widewaters Greenport Co. LLC has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement to resolve numerous stormwater violations at the development and must also…