environmental Strategist, between the lines: Do you have any client’s with holding / storage tanks? This loss could be covered under a pollution policy. I wonder how much the Coast Guard and emergency response contractors charge to clean up 6,000 gallons from three miles of river near Chicago? I wonder how much the business interruption…
Category: Risk Management
New Mexico Dairy Pollution Sparks Manure War
The picture on many milk cartons shows cows grazing on a pasture next to a country barn and a silo — but the reality is very different. More and more milk comes from confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), where large herds live in feedlots, awaiting their thrice-daily trip to the milking barn. A factory farm…
NSF Develops Standard for Low Lead Plumbing Products in Support of New Requirements in California
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – NSF International today announced the development of a new compositional standard for products that come in contact with drinking water, including faucets. The new requirements are incorporated into the NSF/ANSI American National Standard for Drinking Water Products to help protect the public from exposure to lead. Annex G – Weighted Average…
New EPA Web Portal Features Green Resources for Retailers
GreenBiz.com, 8 May 2009 – In collaboration with the Retail Industry Leaders Association, the Environmental Protection Agency has launched a web portal for retailers that offers information and resources about environmental compliance, pollution prevention and other green issues specific to the industry. GreenBiz.com, 8 May 2009 – In collaboration with the Retail Industry Leaders Association, the…
Assessing Outdoor Air Near Schools
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,…
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…