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Red tape marked Lead Removal
29Sep 2014
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Get the Lead Out Part 3: What Realtors and Property Managers Need to Know About Lead-Based Paint

In the first two parts of the series “Get the Lead Out” (this is part 3 of 3) we focused on serious hazards and health effects of exposure to lead. This month, I’ve listed a rundown of the regulations Realtors (and related industries) should be aware of: It’s illegal to create a lead hazard in California, no matter what the circumstances are. All pre-1978 structures potentially contain lead-based paint.  If a contractor (or anyone else) is going to disturb paint in a pre-1978 building,...
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Caution Lead Hazard
27Jun 2014
Gold's EHS Outlook, Moldy Times Dave Gold Comments: 2

Get the Lead Out! – Part 2

Lead Crimes In my last article, I talked about lead hazards including some of the health effects from lead overexposure.  In this issue, I’ll discuss the “crime;” that is, some notable recent legal happenings in the world of environmental lead. EPA Enforcement Activity The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stepped up lead enforcement since the Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule took effect in April 2010. Numerous legal actions, some with large fines, have been lev...
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Small child picking up grey rocks
12Jun 2014
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Get the Lead Out!

Part 1 – Let’s Keep Our Children Safe! Lead and Human Health Lead’s toxic effects have been known for over 2000 years; it’s one of the most pervasive and well-studied occupational and environmental toxins. Lead exposure can cause central nervous system problems, as well as problems in the digestive, cardiovascular, and reproductive systems. And those are just a few effects. As one of the oldest known poisons, lead affects the brain in a dizzying number of ways. A few...
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ground cracked open from an earthquake
16Apr 2014
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Whole Lot o’ Shaking Going On

Recent Earthquakes near LA and Southern California LA and Southern California has recently had: (magnitude 1.5 or greater) 7 earthquakes in one day 67 earthquakes in the previous week 429 earthquakes in the previous month 3,125 earthquakes last year Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (hopefully not a damaged one), you know that in the past few weeks, we’ve had some small earthquakes shaking going on in the L.A. basin. It’s a not-so-subtle reminder that we live in earthquake country....
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Sign showing direction of Blarney Stone
12Mar 2014
Moldy Times Dave Gold Comments: 2

Avoid This Mold Blarney….

We celebrate Irish Heritage with St. Patrick’s Day in America. This holiday is known for three leaf clovers, leprechauns, wearing green to avoid being pinched, consuming green drinks, Irish ale…AND the concept of “Blarney” which you’ll see as you read further relates to what to watch out for in the mold industry. “The modern celebration of St. Patrick’s Day really has almost nothing to do with the real man,” said classics professor Philip Freeman of Luther College in...
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moldy corner with pieces of wall fragments on the floor
15Feb 2014
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Toxic, Schmoxic!

Sitting down and writing this article, I’m reminded of Roseanne Roseannadanna (aka Gilda Radner) from the TV show “Saturday Night Live” in the late 70’s. I think she would say something like “What’s all this talk about Toxic Mold?” – go on a rant, and then after hearing the explanation from someone that toxic mold wasn’t really a problem, would smile and curtly say, “Oh…never mind!” That’s the way I feel about the phra...
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