Cliff Notes on OSHA’s New Silica Rule Date of Required Compliance for Construction Industry: June 23, 2017 Date of Required Compliance for General Industry: June 23, 2018 Could silica be the new asbestos?  Hopefully not, but OSHA has issued a new silica standard for construction that will leave employers susceptible to lawsuits if they don’t comply.  ...

Lead regulations can be very confusing, especially for contractors trying to do things right. The first and main question as a contractor that you need to ask is “is the building considered child-occupied?” . The EPA defines a child-occupied building as a building or portion of a building, constructed prior to 1978, visited regularly by ...

When I first started working in the environmental consulting field while still in college, I didn’t even know what asbestos was. The “have you been exposed to asbestos and been diagnosed with mesothelioma?” ads were not on TV, or at least I didn’t notice them, and having to think about the health and protection of ...

In this field, you learn something new every day. Sometimes the information is there, but if you aren’t searching for it, you may not get it. When doing a lead inspection, representative painted surfaces are tested, and the EPA is very specific as to how many components, etc. are tested, so there isn’t much room ...