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QuanTEM
Chronicle
An informative Newsletter for
Environmental Professionals
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from John Barnett, President |
John Barnett,
President QuanTEM Laboratories, LLC
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"WELL IT HAPPENED
AGAIN"
Someone made up a
phony mold report and tried to pass it to their customer in order
to get an abatement contract.
Having seen this
on several occasions I must assume that there are some very
unscrupulous contractors out there who feel ethics are for
others.
On a previous
occasion an elderly lady living on her own was given a phony report
and told that her health was in grave danger if she didn't get the
mold removed. They were trying to tap her for several thousand
dollars for the cleanup. In this case one of our consultants was
called in to take a look at the report. It had our name on it but
it wasn't laid out like our reports.
The unscrupulous
contractor immediately left town but fortunately he eventually got
caught pulling the same stunt in New Orleans. I understand he's in
jail today.
Fraud in this
industry has many faces and I'm sure everyone of us has seen it
rear it's ugly head at one time or another. I think I'm right when
I say, "it doesn't cost any more to do it right", then we can be
proud of what we do and even sleep nights.
The last two years
have been a little crazy business wise. I hope your business is
prosperous and continues to grow.
Sincerely,
John
Barnett
President
QuanTEM Laboratories, LLC
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Did Lead-Based Makeup Poison Samurai
Kids and Topple the Last Japanese Shogunate?
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 During Japan's Edo
period, a series of military dictators called shoguns controlled
the country, served by feudal lords known as daimyo and the samurai
warriors who protected them.
In 1868, after more
than 260 years in existence, this highly stratified system
collapsed and imperial rule was restored. Historians point to many
reasons for the shogunate's demise, including foreign intrusions,
rebellion against the feudal system and sweeping global trends that
forced Japan to abandon its policy of isolation.
Writing in a recent
issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, scientists at the
University of Occupational and Environmental Health in Kitakyushu
have proposed a surprising addition to this list of factors:
makeup.
Read
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Editors
Note
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Business
Development Director,
QuanTEM
Laboratories
I've been told that September is
Indoor Toxic Mold Awareness Month. I could not find any reputable
references on the web other than a few loose articles written by
large manufacturing organizations and the State of Georgia
declaring this month-long holiday.
So, I will use this
opportunity to remind everyone that QuanTEM Laboratories has a
full, accredited microbiology lab ready to assist you with mold
analysis.
You need not be a
resident of Georgia or a manufacturing company to appreciate the
fact that indoor toxic mold is an issue that affects us all at some
point.
When you choose a
lab, choose the best... give us a call today!
(800) 822-1650
or email our micro lab HERE.
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Could RRP Stress
Affect Your Staff? By: Lauren
Hunter
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 Besides the expense that accompanies the new Lead
Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rules, (or the potential
greater expense for not complying), some remodelers are finding
that stress of the new law is extending to their staffs. In
California, exterior contractor Phil Isaacs has said goodbye to two
sales staff members recently. Keeping up with RRP proved to be too
much for them.
The Final
Straw
"We expected to be up 30 to 40% this year, and we were headed that
way," says the president of California Energy Consultant Service,
Rancho Cordova, Calif. "That was even a conservative number, but
one of the sales guys I hired that I thought was going to pull
three or four jobs a month decided to go into retirement."
The staff member was a former business owner that was closing his
doors. Isaacs purchased the business, and the owner, an older
gentleman, agreed to stay on in a sales position. "The lead law was
one of the things that scared him away, as well as some other hoops
we've had to jump through recently," Isaacs says. "We had a healthy
relationship, but for him, who had been working in the industry and
had been through plenty of peaks and valleys himself, it was an
issue he didn't want to deal with."
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Cleaning Up Lead, Asbestos and
Other Hazards
By: Keith Pandolfi, This Old House
magazine |
 The Ugly Truth
Raveen and Allison Sharma thought they knew what they were
getting into when they decided to buy and overhaul a handyman's
special, circa 1940, in Auburndale, Mass. Given that the house-the
subject of This Old House TV's Fall 2010 project-was built at a
time when asbestos was still considered a miracle fiber and lead
paint was par for the course, they weren't surprised when a home
inspection revealed the presence of both. And since termite damage
is the bane of existence for many an old-house lover, they weren't
exactly shocked to learn the front sill had been devoured.
What the Sharmas weren't prepared for was the extent of these ills.
The asbestos turned up all over the house, the lead paint coated
the entire exterior, and the termites had already moved on from
their appetizer of sill to the main course of studs. "We were just
relieved that we didn't have any mold," Allison says.
The Sharmas faced some big decisions about how far they wanted to
go-and how much they wanted to spend-to address all these issues.
Their story may well help you tackle those decisions at your own
old house. READ
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100 Worst
Cities for Fall Allergies
By: Miranda Hitti,
WebMD Health News
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McAllen, Texas, is the worst city in the U.S.
this year for fall allergies, according to the new list of "fall
allergy capitals" selected by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of
America.
Cities are ranked based on four factors:
prevalence data, seasonal pollen, allergy medicine use per patient,
and the number of board-certified allergists per patient.
Here is the full list of all 100 fall
allergy capitals:
Common Dust Mite
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McAllen,Texas
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Wichita, Kan.
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Louisville, Ky.
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Oklahoma City
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Jackson, Miss.
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Dayton, Ohio
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Augusta, Ga.
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Tulsa, Okla.
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Knoxville, Tenn.
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Barbara's
CORNER
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Welcome to
Fall
Barbara Holder, Customer Relations
Manager
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As we go into a new season,
I want to give just a few money saving
tips.
- Choose the right size package to ship your samples. You don't
need a big box for a few samples. Utilize the envelopes provided by
the shipping companies.
- You may be able to utilize positive stop for homogeneous
asbestos samples.
- For our mold customers, you might want to consider our prepaid
air cassettes. You can save the cost of the cassette and still get
a 24 hour TAT for $25.00.
Barbara Holder has been with QuanTEM since
October 2004 as our Customer Relations Manager. Barbara plays an
active supervisory role with all customer interactions with
QuanTEM.
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QuanTEM Chronicle
Newsletter
Produced & Edited
by
Scott Leavell, Business Development
Director
Suggestions or
comments? Email me here.
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Disclaimer
Any publication included in this News Letter and/or
opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the views
of QuanTEM Laboratories, LLC
but remain solely those of the author(s). Such publications
have been included only for ease of reference and academic
purposes.
QuanTEM
Labortories, LLC
(405) 755-2058
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