ATLANTA – Long awaited industry guidance on legionellosis is now available in a new standard from ASHRAE. The document establishes minimum legionellosis risk management requirements for building water systems. “The industry interest and input into developing this standard has been tremendous,” Presidential Member Tom Watson, chair of
Read more →PHOENIX — Respiratory syncytial virus, a highly contagious respiratory illness in young children, has jumped by 234 percent from last year, according to documents from the Arizona Department of Health Services. This increase is affecting families across the Phoenix area as young children show signs of what
Read more →Here are two recent stories about viruses. They started out alike and ended up very differently. In October, a woman in Guinea died of Ebola, leaving behind two daughters, one of the two years old, the other five. A relative named Aminata Gueye Tamboura took the orphaned
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With the upcoming Halloween events around the corner, FunGuy Inspections would like to remind parents, children, and motorists to remain alert and keep safety a top priority during this Halloween season. While we will have extra officers on the streets and in our neighborhoods on Halloween
Read more →Concerns about cancer-causing asbestos have lead to the temporary closure of two Orange County elementary schools as district officials release new test results this morning.
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Thirteen of the endangered birds were treated in the past year after ingesting lead, which is about half the average for the last five years. “We’re hoping that last season’s results are the start of a new trend of decreased lead exposure, and we’re marching down the
Read more →LOS ANGELES — In New York the Director of the CDC resigns after his recent exposure to an Anthrax scare in 3 different labs and mutated strain of bird influenza. Michael Farrell was head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lab since 2009. He submitted
Read more →Californians who wastewater will have to pay up to $500 a day for their extravagance under new restrictions approved Tuesday by the State Water Resources Control Board. The move comes after the board concluded that voluntary conservation measures have failed to achieve the 20 percent reduction in
Read more →Any way you cut it, the situation at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site outside Simi Valley is a mess. The 2,850-acre former rocket engine test center is contaminated by a vast menu of radioactive isotopes and toxic chemicals. The condition of its soil, groundwater and structures
Read more →Occupants soon discover that their own homes were making them sick. These occupants are living indoors with mold and other contaminants on a daily basis causing increased asthma attacks and breathing problems. Asthma attacks cause the small airways in the lungs to close. Many times these are caused
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