- Lead Paint - Facts You Need To Know About Lead Based Paint By:-Dawn Alfau
More than enough studies have been conducted to prove that lead based paint is among the most common ways of adults and children to be affected with a lead poisoning. It is a fact that the lead-based paint is not available in the market commercially, but it can prove to be a problem for people living in houses, which were constructed in or before about 1960s.
- Lead Paint - Where Can It Be Found In Your Home? By:-Dawn Alfau
Old houses do have their own special charm, which is among the primary reasons why people prefer to go for homes built in around the 1940s. These houses have some special features like built in cabinets, hardwood floors, window seats and such are the amenities which might not be present in the modern homes.
- Lead Paint Inspections By:-Mr Artemiss
Old houses do have their own special charm, which is among the primary reasons why people prefer to go for homes built in around the 1940s. These houses have some special features like built in cabinets, hardwood floors, window seats and such are the amenities which might not be present in the modern homes.
- Lead Paint Dust - How Lead Paint Dust Can Affect Your Children and Its Health Effects By:-Mr Artemiss
Children are being exposed to lead poisoning and it is still a major environmental health problem in the US. Lead is much more dangerous to children because they often put their fingers and other objects such as pacifiers into their mouths. If there is lead based paint on windows, they will eat paint chips or eat soil from outside that is contaminated with lead. It affects children more because they are still developing. Lead Paint was banned in 1978.
- New EPA Lead Law - How Does It Affect You, Your Children and Your Home! By:-Mr Artemiss
On April 22, 2010, the new EPA's Law on Renovation, Repair and Lead Paint will go into effect. This new law will require all contractors, subcontractors, maintenance engineers, handymen, property managers and others paid to replace windows or renovate residential houses, apartments and child-occupied facilities built before 1978 to be certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Allergies - Carbon Monoxide-What You Do Not Know Could Kill You! By:-Mr Artemiss
It is interesting that most people are very concerned about mold and allergies but totally forget about Carbon Monoxide. You cannot see it like you can mold. It does not irritate you skin or nose like a chlorine allergy. Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer that needs to be targeted with importance by individuals with Asthma and Allergies.
- Safety - Health Risks In Firefighting By:-Ron Lovell
Standing a good chance of being burned, crushed, or killed are only a few of the risks that firefighters face at each call they respond to, but aside from these obvious risks, are some not so obvious ones that have long term, damaging effects in their lives concerning their health and length of life. To understand these risks we need to be aware of them and how they will ultimately affect our futures as well.
- Fire Safety - Resistance To Change In The Fire Service By:-Ron Lovell
In the old days, firefighters were there to help when the call came in. The only thing between them and the fire was a thin helmet and a hose pumping a weak amount of water as compared to the hoses of today. The smoke and flames were not something that were a concern to the “leather lung” firefighter who threw caution to the wind and just did what he loved to do.
- Fire Safety - Firefighting And The Fire Classifications By:-Ron Lovell
Within the world of firefighting, fire is classified under five classes. This gives a better system of understanding the many types of fire that fire personnel face each day. Each class of fire is fought differently and requires a different tactic and strategy for controlling it.
- Safety - Fighting Fire from The Air By:-Ron Lovell
Fighting fire from the air is better known as aerial firefighting. This type of firefighting method was developed to help with wildfires because of the fires occurring in difficult areas to reach.
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