California Construction Projects in Occupied Buildings and Maintaining Acceptable Indoor Environmental Quality

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Huntington Beach, CA, July 14th, 2020 Earlier this year, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released “Maintaining Acceptable Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) During Construction and Renovation Projects.” Published in the agency’s Workplace Solutions series, it discusses a myriad of air quality issues encountered during construction, renovation, demolition or repair projects. Specifically addressed were problems involving airborne dusts, gases, organic vapors, microbiological contaminants.......[Read More] [All News]

California Apartment Complex Fire Displaces Residents and Creates Indoor Environmental Quality Concerns

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Huntington Beach, CA, July 10th, 2020 Several media outlets recently published reports about a fire at a California apartment complex. According to the articles, while no one was hurt, over 50 residents that called the complex home were displaced even though the fire was contained to just one unit on the third floor. The residents had to leave because of damage to the building’s electrical system and widespread smoke and water damage. When there is a fire in a multi-tenant complex there can be a tremendous amount of smoke that.......[Read More] [All News]

California Residents Advised of Ways that Crawl Spaces and Basements Can Impact Indoor Air Quality

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Huntington Beach, CA, July 9th, 2020 Throughout California, homes and buildings are typically built on either a slab, above a crawl space or over a basement. Depending on the type of foundation used to construct the building, it can allow for various scenarios that could impact the indoor air quality (IAQ) of the overlying structure. Homes and buildings with crawl spaces and basements can sometimes suffer from moisture problems and quite often one of the first tell-tale signs is a musty odor. These and any other damp areas within a home.......[Read More] [All News]

Wildfire Season in California Brings Annual Threat of Property Damage, Destruction and Air Quality Concerns

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Huntington Beach, CA, July 8th, 2020 Wildfire season has arrived and according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), the state experienced its deadliest and most destructive wildfires as recently as 2017 and 2018. For 2019, over 259,000 acres are estimated to have burned in 7,860 wildfires in just California. There were three fatalities and 732 structures were damaged or destroyed. Many more buildings, often miles from actual wildfires, were impacted by smoke infiltration that left behind damaging odors.......[Read More] [All News]

Identifying Mold Exposure Risks in California Work Environments

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Huntington Beach, CA, June 17th, 2020 As buildings across California were quickly shut down earlier this year due to COVID-19 closures, maintenance functions, routine building inspections, and controlling moisture from HVAC systems and weather-related events didn’t take place in some facilities. Now, as residents continue to return to work, some are encountering mold and moisture issues in the workplace. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) does enforce numerous standards that limit the amount of hazardous.......[Read More] [All News]

California Home Buyers Advised to Conduct Radon Tests

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Huntington Beach, CA, June 10th, 2020 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) states that in a real estate transaction, a home’s radon level is information all parties should know. This is due to the fact that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports that radon is estimated to cause about 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the United States and is believed to be the second leading cause of lung cancer. For home buyers, the EPA recommends they know what the indoor radon level is in any home that is being.......[Read More] [All News]

The Importance of Ventilation in California Homes to Manage Indoor Pollutant Levels

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Huntington Beach, CA, June 8th, 2020 In many circumstances, pollutants can accumulate to levels that can pose health and comfort issues when too little outdoor air enters a home. These may include mold, bacteria, tobacco smoke, cleaning chemicals, formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), radon, allergens, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and other pollutants. One approach to lowering the concentration of these indoor air pollutants is to increase the amount of outdoor air coming into the home. Outdoor air enters and.......[Read More] [All News]

Asbestos-Containing Materials in California Homes, Schools and Businesses

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Huntington Beach, CA, June 5th, 2020 In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule banning most asbestos-containing products in the United States. However; in 1991, the rule was vacated and remanded by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. As a result, most of the original ban on the manufacture, importation, processing or distribution in commerce for most of the asbestos-containing product categories originally covered in the 1989 final rule was overturned. Asbestos is a mineral fiber that that was used in many.......[Read More] [All News]