The Value of Wetlands Wetlands Often Misunderstood With the beginning of spring and summer, more people are spending more time outside and as a result some people may be subjected to more bites from mosquitos, gnats and other biting insects. Some individuals equate the presence of standing
Read more →Identifying Asbestos Containing Material Asbestos containing material (ACM) generally can’t be identified by a visual inspection alone. Although there are a few materials (9” floor tile for example) that historically have almost always tested positive for asbestos, there are exceptions. In order to confirm the presence/absence of
Read more →The health risks of Laminate Flooring What you need to know about Laminate Flooring According to the CDC, health risks from formaldehyde in laminate flooring produced in China are three (3) times higher than initially reported. The original report, released in February, found the risk
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A New Twist on Climate Change Climate change activity in a remote part of the world has serious implications for our delicate environment and the air we breathe. Permafrost-Eating Bacteria: A New Twist on Thawing Arctic and Global Warming by Thomas S. Bianchi, University of Florida
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Air Pollution: Extra, Toxic, Hazards to the Air We Breathe Extra air pollution hazards reported in two news stories demonstrate little known threats to the air that we breathe. These toxins, methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emitting from nature, and triggered by man, compound industrial influences. The two articles
Read more →Overshoot Day — Why is it Important? Overshoot Day August 13, 2015 August 13th was an important day for the environment. It was the “overshoot day”. The “overshoot day” is the point when humanity’s demand on renewable natural resources exceeds the annual supply that our planet can regenerate.
Read more →Air Pollution in the Miami Valley, Ohio Who’s got your back? Have you wondered, here in the Miami Valley, whose job it is to monitor the air we breath? RAPCA, The Regional Air Pollution Control Agency, is that agency. It is regional in that their jurisdiction covers
Read more →Asbestos in Children’s Toys Is Your Child Coloring with Asbestos? According to a recent article by Brian Bienkowski with Environmental Health news, some children’s crayons and play, crime lab kits contain cancer-causing, lung damaging asbestos fibers. A report, commissioned by the environmental nonprofit Environmental Working Group Action
Read more →Global Warming Demonstrated through Music From the New York Times… A Minnesota Quartet, tuned to temperature from the equator to the Arctic, performs Global Warming. The University of Minnesota’s environmental magazine Ensia has posted on the latest effort by a cello –playing undergraduate Daniel Crawford and the
Read more →Does Your Drinking Water Meet the Clean Water Rules? How’s Your Drinking Water? More than 117 million Americans draw their drinking water from streams that may not have been protected by the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act, enacted in 1972, granted the federal government broad
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