Word: epa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hospital, where 47 nurses wound up on disability leave in 1993 because of allergic reactions to the latex in surgical gloves that clung to surfaces in the building; Florida's Martin County Courthouse, where fungi infestation required a $3.5 million gutting by workers wearing respirators and bodysuits; even the epa's Washington offices, where brand-new carpets were blamed for gas emissions and were removed. OSHA's beleaguered inspectors can't begin to keep up with the complaints. A whole new business of industrial-hygiene companies has sprung up, offering everything from one-shot inspections to year-round prevention programs...
...further information about sick-building syndrome, contact the EPA's Indoor Air Quality Information Clearing House at 800-438-4318, or visit the agency's website, with links to other indoor-air-quality information websites, at www.epa.gov/iaq
...almost like they try to scare you about being safe, about EPA fires and everything," he says...
...look at five companies in Louisiana that have earned spots on the EPA's list of the Top 50 companies measured in volume of chemical releases across the country. The five also happen to be beneficiaries of direct corporate welfare...
...Cytec Industries Inc. ranked No. 1 in the release of toxic chemicals in Louisiana during 1996. The company pumped 24.1 million lbs. of chemicals into wells and the air. The company also ranked No. 5 on the EPA's Top 50 list of companies that spew out the largest volume of toxic materials nationwide. Cytec, based in West Paterson, N.J., is a global chemical company with sales of $1.3 billion. And it has a friend in Louisiana, which has excused it from paying $19 million in local property taxes on machinery and equipment over the past decade. Records...