Toxic Substances

• Formaldehyde: How to know when it's lurking in the corner...

  Megan Roth | December 01, 2008 12:21 PM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  As I mentioned previously, OSHA has set the maximum level of formaldehyde exposure at .75 ppm (meaning ¾ (.75) parts formaldehyde per million parts air) before it is considered unsafe to...

• What are PCB's?

  Steve Lombardi | November 28, 2008 2:56 PM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are man-made organic compounds that can be found in capacitors, transformers, electric motors, oil-based paint, plastics, insulation material, pumps, and pipes. PCBs...

• Formaldehyde: Your not-so-welcome house guest

  Megan Roth | November 27, 2008 9:15 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In yesterday’s post, I asked just how dangerous formaldehyde is to human health. One would assume the effects are minimal, considering everyone is exposed to small amounts of it in air, food,...

• Food Safety: Formaldehyde really isn’t hyding, it’s all around you.

  Steve Lombardi | November 26, 2008 1:16 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Megan Roth and I have been kicking around the whole formaldehyde is it a poison issue. She’s young and has a long life to look forward to. She’s still got the whole raising kids thing to...

• Formaldehyde: We meet at long last, it's where the rubber meets the road.

  Megan Roth | November 26, 2008 9:08 AM | 1 CommentDes Moines, IA

  Steve and I have been talking, and we feel it's necessary to introduce our readers to formaldehyde; we figure you're probably sharing your home, clothing, cleaning supplies, etc. with it, it's...

• Food Safety: Are your children being exposed to rat poison?

  Steve Lombardi | November 25, 2008 12:08 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Many of us have pest control services come to our homes on a regular schedule. Are you aware of where those bait traps are being placed and whether your children are being exposed to rat poison?...

• Hanks Buddy List, Paulson's melt down at the U.S. Treasury makes Jessie James look like a kid stealing candy from a dime store

  Steve Lombardi | November 25, 2008 9:04 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  They called us ambulance chasers. How insulting can you get? I can’t tell you how mad I was hearing that insult hurled our way. Me the guy who simply fights with insurance companies called...

• HanksList, the U.S. Treasury Garage Sale - All integrity must go!

  Steve Lombardi | November 24, 2008 11:52 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Garage Sale at the US Treasury I guess you could call the wife and me empty nesters. The kids and our savings have flown the coup and are all gone! At last we are without a car, cane, clue or...

• American Politics - What can a sewer plant controversy teach us about democracy?

  Steve Lombardi | November 19, 2008 9:15 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Life is like a sewer – what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. Tom Lehrer Here are the facts. The good people of San Francisco, over 12,000 of them, signed a petition in...

• Waste Disposal Issues

  Megan Roth | July 29, 2008 12:11 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  All materials stemming from worksites need to be disposed of in a manner that fits in line with those standards. And, unfortunately for contractors, waste disposal is not optional. Many construction workers consider such aspects of the business to be an expense, but it's an unavoidable cost.