Tim Popp, VP of Environmental Consulting, gave a presentation to the New Jersey Schools Insurance Group on Best Practices related to Indoor Air Quality, Mold & Mercury, on Friday, May 17, 2019 at the Joint Sub-Fund Training Day. The presentation involved the objectives on preventing issues, and in the next best-case scenarios to promote early …
New Jersey Schools – Evaluating Mercury in Synthetic Flooring
Rubber-like polyurethane floors using 1,000 to 2,000 parts per million of phenyl mercuric acetate (PMA) catalyst have been installed in school multipurpose rooms, gyms, cafeterias, auditoriums, stages and indoor and outdoor tracks since the 1960s up until the early 1980’s. Suspect floors are synthetic polyurethane—not wood or vinyl tile. They are resilient and rubber-like, water-resistant, …
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Schools and Mold Issues – Managing the Environment
“It’s impossible to see it all,” said Popp, “and it likely will be in different stages of its lifecycle. Sometimes, you can see mold, but the air samples are fine — it’s not an absolute test. Mold is a lot like a dandelion seedpod. The wind blows, and the seeds go all over. Mold is …
Sharing Environmental Studies with Young Students
On Friday, December 16, 2016, TTI Assistant Project Manager Dave DiPascale went to Laura H. Carnell School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to teach the first-grade classes about habitats and the environment. Dave taught three sessions, two classes at a time about the different habitats and environmental consequences that can affect and environment. Although the presentation included …