Specializing in the inspection and testing of asbestos in Homes and Commercial Buildings. Testing of a specific building material or whole House-Building testing for the purposes of renovation or demolition activity.
Expert inspection and testing for mold inside structures. Includes visual inspection, moisture meter testing, thermal imagery, and air sampling. Includes site specific report with detailed recommendations.
Lead-Based Paint Inspections and Lead Risk Assessments. To determine the existence, nature, and severity of possible lead hazards that maybe inside your Home posing exposure concerns.
Conduct air sampling for Radon, Volatile Organic Compounds, Formaldehyde, Asbestos, PM 2.5, Combustable Gases, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, and Mold.
to assist with San Francisco Bay Area municipal agencies’ efforts to manage PCBs–containing building materials during demolition so that PCBs are not discharged to municipal storm drain systems from demolition of applicable structures via vehicle track-out, airborne releases, soil erosion, or stormwater runoff.
Assembly Bill 2370, Chapter 676, Statutes of 2018, requires that Licensed Child Care Centers (CCC) operating in buildings constructed before January 1, 2010 must have their drinking water tested for excessive lead levels by January 1, 2023.
Sewage backup releases physical and airborne contaminants. Touching this bacteria can lead to a variety of symptoms, including stomach cramping, vomiting, fever, and severe forms of gastroenteritis. If sewage conditions aren't properly cleaned up and surfaces disinfected, cross contamination can transpire. Cross contamination is when sewa
Sewage backup releases physical and airborne contaminants. Touching this bacteria can lead to a variety of symptoms, including stomach cramping, vomiting, fever, and severe forms of gastroenteritis. If sewage conditions aren't properly cleaned up and surfaces disinfected, cross contamination can transpire. Cross contamination is when sewage bacteria is transferred from one room to another typically by foot traffic. If you are looking to ensure safe conditions, contact us to perform testing to ensure efficacy especially after cleanup.
Efficacy testing that includes visual inspection of work area(s) that can include air sampling for asbestos and mold, dust wipe samples for lead, and swab samples for sewage. This service is typically performed after work as part of a clearance prior to re-occupancy and reconstruction. This maybe important for you as part of a third party
Efficacy testing that includes visual inspection of work area(s) that can include air sampling for asbestos and mold, dust wipe samples for lead, and swab samples for sewage. This service is typically performed after work as part of a clearance prior to re-occupancy and reconstruction. This maybe important for you as part of a third party verification that a job has been completed successfully. Abatement or remediation contractors don't and shouldn't offer this clearance service as for it is a conflict of interest.
Contractors in need of asbestos, lead, silica, or mold awareness training for their workers in accordance with Cal-OSHA requirements. Training can be performed via Zoom conference online or in person at your Facility.
Silica dust can stay airborne for up to 12 days, posing exposure concerns to workers and occupants days after work took place. Asbestos has been a deadly word in various industries since 1929, when the first lawsuit was filed.
This natural silicate material is responsible for more than 11,000 deaths each year, as nearly 1.3 million America
Silica dust can stay airborne for up to 12 days, posing exposure concerns to workers and occupants days after work took place. Asbestos has been a deadly word in various industries since 1929, when the first lawsuit was filed.
This natural silicate material is responsible for more than 11,000 deaths each year, as nearly 1.3 million Americans go to a workplace in which they exposed each day.
Now, respirable crystalline silica, which is the second most abundant mineral on Earth, is quickly gaining a similar reputation as about 2.3 million workers are exposed to it annually.
Silica, like asbestos, is dangerous when inhaled.
Both of these exposures occur when workers cut, grind, crush, or drill materials containing the dangerous substances creating very small dust particles. Invisible to the eye, workers can become unknowingly exposed until severe health issues occur months, or even years later.
With OSHA’s new silica rule in effect for construction, maritime, general industry, and soon for hydraulic fracturing, the general public is becoming more aware of the connection between silica exposure and lung diseases, much like it did in the late 1970s with asbestos.
As silica, which is quite literally everywhere, climbs to the top of many employers’ agendas, it might be fair to consider it as the modern-era asbestos.
When you breathe in radon gas, radioactive particles can get trapped in your lungs. Over time, these radioactive particles increase the risk of lung cancer. It may take years before health problems appear. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that radon causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year. No radon issues in Californ
When you breathe in radon gas, radioactive particles can get trapped in your lungs. Over time, these radioactive particles increase the risk of lung cancer. It may take years before health problems appear. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that radon causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year. No radon issues in California? Think again! Radon is naturally occuring and there are many areas of California that suffer from radon issues. Visit https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-08/documents/california.pdf
Generate Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Program Manuals for contractors and property management companies in accordance with Cal-OSHA requirements. These manuals are site specific and tailered to meet your companies needs based on your scope of work. O&M manuals can be generated for asbestos, lead, mold, and silica.
Family owned business, our goal is to meet your needs with exception to detail while being sensitive to your budget. We are not extremist and believe that every environmental condition has a reasonable solution to remedy. All of our services are site specific, includes comprehensive report with detailed recommendations. We don't perform abatement or removal, only inspection and testing, so there is no conflict of interest.
In the last several years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indicated that the air within homes and other buildings can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the largest and most industrialized cities. Other research indicates that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors.
Common renovation activities like sanding, cutting, and abrasion can create hazardous lead dust and debris by disturbing lead-based paint, which can be harmful to adults, children, and pets. Residual lead dust can contaminate properties and pose lingering exposure over time.
Yes, likely to contain asbestos. Vermiculite is a naturally-occurring mineral composed of shiny flakes, resembling mica. When heated to a high temperature, flakes of vermiculite expand as much as 8-30 times their original size. The expanded vermiculite is a light-weight, fire-resistant, and odorless material and has been used in numerous products, including insulation for attics and walls. Sizes of vermiculite products range from very fine particles to large (coarse) pieces nearly an inch long.
A mine near Libby, Montana, was the source of over 70 percent of all vermiculite sold in the United States from 1919 to 1990. There was also a deposit of asbestos at that mine, so the vermiculite from Libby was contaminated with asbestos. Vermiculite from Libby was used in the majority of vermiculite insulation in the United States and was often sold under the brand name Zonolite. If you have vermiculite insulation in your home, you should assume this material may contain asbestos.
Sad backstory, Gold miners discovered vermiculite in Libby in 1881. In the 1920s, the Zonolite Company formed and began mining the vermiculite. In 1963, W.R. Grace bought the Zonolite mining operations. W.R. Grace the owner of the former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana knowingly and willfully spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby unbeknownst to not only the mine workers, but their families and general public. Many generations of people and families in Libby contracted asbestos related diseases. The mine closed in 1990, and since then the EPA has designated Libby as a superfund site in need of cleanup and W.R. Grace former management faced jail time and severe fines. For more information on this, see video https://youtu.be/au3DShahmBA
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