Download or read book Contaminated Drywall written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contaminated drywall : examining the current health, housing and product safety issues facing homeowners : hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, December 6, 2011.
Download or read book Contaminated Drywall written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contaminated Drywall Examining the Current Health Housing and Product Safety Issues Facing Homeowners written by Science, and Transportation, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the hearing today is to provide an update on the health and product safety issues associated with problem drywall installed in thousands of homes over the last decade. It's a story that we all know well. Drywall was imported from China in large volumes during the height of the housing market when domestic supplies were low. It was used extensively in Florida and Louisiana following the devastating hurricanes of 2005. In early 2008, homeowners in Florida and Louisiana began complaining of a peculiar odor that was permeating their homes. They also reported health concerns and serious corrosion of metal in the homes. Investigators were able to trace these problems back to drywall laced with sulphur and sulphide gases.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health and Product Safety Issues Associated with Imported Drywall written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Consumer Product Safety Commission Oversight written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SBA Disaster Loan Program written by Bruce R. Lindsay and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through its Disaster Loan Program, the Small Business Admin. (SBA) has been a major source of assistance for the restoration of commerce and households in areas stricken by natural and human-caused disasters. SBA offers direct loans to businesses to help repair, rebuild, and recover from economic losses after a disaster, but approximately 80% of the agency¿s approved direct disaster loans are made to individuals and households (renters and property owners) to help repair and replace homes and personal property. This report describes the SBA Disaster Loan Program, including the types of loans available to individuals, households, businesses, and nonprofit org. It highlights eight issues of potential congressional concern. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Problem Drywall in Homes written by United States Fire Administration and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has received more than 3,000 reports from citizens in 37 States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico who believe that health symptoms and/or corrosion of certain metal products in their homes are related to the presence of drywall in their homes that was imported from China. The CPSC and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued joint guidance that recommends the replacement of possible problem drywall, fire safety alarm devices, electrical components and wiring, gas service piping, and fire suppression sprinkler systems in homes that have problem drywall in them. Until the replacements recommended by CPSC and HUD have been completed, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) recommends that homeowners be alert for possible electrical or pipe problems, and that they take additional precautions to ensure that their life safety alarms are working properly.
Download or read book Healthy Resilient and Sustainable Communities After Disasters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure, the provision of health and social services, the restoration of care delivery systems, and other critical recovery needs. In some cases, billions of dollars from public, private and charitable sources are invested to help communities recover. National rhetoric often characterizes these efforts as a "return to normal." But for many American communities, pre-disaster conditions are far from optimal. Large segments of the U.S. population suffer from preventable health problems, experience inequitable access to services, and rely on overburdened health systems. A return to pre-event conditions in such cases may be short-sighted given the high costs - both economic and social - of poor health. Instead, it is important to understand that the disaster recovery process offers a series of unique and valuable opportunities to improve on the status quo. Capitalizing on these opportunities can advance the long-term health, resilience, and sustainability of communities - thereby better preparing them for future challenges. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. This book makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before and after a disaster, and funding streams are leveraged in a coordinated manner and applied to health improvement priorities in order to meet human recovery needs and create healthy built and natural environments. The conceptual framework presented in Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters lays the groundwork to achieve this goal and provides operational guidance for multiple sectors involved in community planning and disaster recovery. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters calls for actions at multiple levels to facilitate recovery strategies that optimize community health. With a shared healthy community vision, strategic planning that prioritizes health, and coordinated implementation, disaster recovery can result in a communities that are healthier, more livable places for current and future generations to grow and thrive - communities that are better prepared for future adversities.
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Download or read book Unraveling Environmental Disasters written by Daniel A. Vallero and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unraveling Environmental Disasters covers the major environmental threats facing our world, focusing on rigorous scientific investigations to better understand why the disasters occurred. Two prominent scientists, physical chemist Trevor Letcher and environmental engineer Daniel Vallero, look at natural and human-induced disasters to analyze ways that they could have been prevented and offer predictions on possible future disasters based upon scientific evidence. This book: Considers the societal impact on environmental disasters Describes concisely why these disasters occurred, with understandable explanations of the underlying scientific principles Applies "failure analysis" to recent environmental catastrophes, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Explains how to minimize the risk of potential disasters similar to those of the past
Download or read book Environmental Health Perspectives written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Mine Wastes written by Bernd Lottermoser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's best practice in environmental mine-waste management requires a thorough understanding of the wastes produced. The knowledge of mine wastes represents a new interdisciplinary science and this book provides an introductory, descriptive and analytic overview of the wastes produced in the mineral industry. It describes the characterization, prediction, monitoring, disposal and treatment as well as environmental impacts. Intended for undergraduate courses, it systematically builds the reader’s understanding and knowledge of the wastes produced, their physical and chemical characteristics, and how to deal responsibly with them on a short and long-term basis. The text employs 22 case studies spanning the world’s mineral industry that elucidate best practice and specific challenges in mine-waste management and site rehabilitation.
Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 1532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
