8/5/2019 Drill rigs are an integral part for performing work in the Environmental Industry. They are used in many applications and investigations necessary for soil and ground water contamination determination. Those in the industry are familiar with the various types of drill rigs, ranging from hollow stem, percussion rotary air Read more…
2/11/2019 In recent years, a new term in warfare has emerged: Dirty Bombs. This term made notoriety in America in June 2002, when an al-Qaida terrorist named José Padilla was arrested at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and charged with assisting in the construction of such a device. A dirty Read more…
10/22/2018 Over the past few years the Eastern seaboard – from Florida to Boston and even on the Gulf coast – we have witnessed numerous communities devastated by tropical storms and Hurricanes. Most recently, Michael overwhelmed the Florida panhandle and, in spite of all the warnings from weather stations and Read more…
6/25/2018 The recent suicides of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade caught the nation by surprise. Here were two people sitting on top of the world, attaining a level of success and accomplishment that so many of us could only envy. We were stymied while asking the question, “Why.” Yes, their Read more…
12/18/2017 In the past, I have discussed the tragedies of the Ghost Ship Incident (an artist colony in Oakland, Ca that caught fire in December, 2016), the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Incident in New York City during the beginning of the 20th century and the Hamlet Chicken Processing Plant in 1991, Read more…
12/11/2017 Tis the season, and a great season it always is. This is the time when family and friends get together to console (when needed) and to let those that mean something in our lives know that they are appreciated; and that means getting together to celebrate the Holidays as Read more…
10/2/2017 While hiring temporary workers has been a common practice for years, we are seeing this type of employment increase as many corporations are using this approach as a way to manage peripheral costs while ensuring they have a sufficient work force to perform their work objectives. Temporary employees can Read more…
5/30/2017 Many of our nations’ cities have people riding their bicycles about town, darting in and out of traffic and challenging drivers for the right of way. In New York City, many companies hire messengers to deliver packages as an inexpensive and fast way to get documents and other items Read more…
8/28/2017 Today, the automobile industry has many mandatory safety features for any car sold in the United States. Some of the more notable ones include seat belts (actually belt and shoulder strap), locking doors, anti-lock brakes, padded dashboards (yep, they weren’t always standard) and shatter-proof windows. The first recorded car Read more…
4/24/2017 It happened in December, 2008, at an organic chemistry lab at UCLA. That was when a research assistant was working at a laboratory hood, using a syringe to transfer about 50 mL of tert-butyl lithium, a pyrophoric chemical (a substance that catches fire spontaneously once exposed to air), dissolved Read more…