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Businesses Facing Risks of Discrimination Due to Mandatory Masking Policies
While mask mandates are starting to loosen up all across the country, many businesses are still requiring employees to wear masks for the continued safety of employees and customers. Despite the onset of COVID-19 with drastic measures taken by local, state, and federal governments, employers and places of public accommodation are still required to adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act of ...
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Taco Bell foundation for teens and NBA cares award Karen Batani from Westminster, California with $30,000 scholarship at the NBA all-star 2011 taco bell(r) skills challenge
This past Saturday, Taco Bell Foundation for Teens' Graduate to Go Scholars program and NBA Cares awarded Karen Batani, 17 from Westminster, California a scholarship valued at $30,000 after her NBA player, Stephen Curry from the Golden State Warriors, claimed victory in the TACO BELL Skills Challenge during NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm. Batani was one of five teens from ...
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R.I. Landlords Fined for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint Hazards in Woonsocket
Two Rhode Island landlords will pay an EPA penalty of $13,900 for violations of federal lead disclosure laws. EPA alleged in a complaint that Donald Ciotola and Carol Simeone violated the federal Toxic Substance Control Act when the landlords failed to notify prospective tenants about potential lead-paint hazards in housing they owned in Woonsocket, R.I., as required by the Residential ...
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N.H. Company Faces Penalty for Violating Lead Renovation Rule at Kittery, Maine Site
New Hampshire Plate Glass Corp., based in Portsmouth, N.H., faces a penalty of up to $90,750 for allegedly violating requirements designed to protect children from exposure to lead-based paint during painting and other renovation activities. The alleged violations occurred during a window renovation project performed by the company at the former Frisbee School in Kittery, Maine. The Kittery site ...
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Salem, Mass. Contractor Faces Penalty for Violating Lead Renovation Rule at Kittery, Maine Site
James J. Welch & Co., Inc., based in Salem, Mass., faces a penalty of $28,125 for allegedly violating a requirement designed to protect children from exposure to lead-based paint during painting and other renovation activities. The alleged violations occurred during a renovation project at the former Frisbee School in Kittery, Maine, at which JJ Welch was the primary contractor. The Kittery ...
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Companies fined for failing to notify tenants about lead paint at two navy bases in New England
Two companies have agreed to pay a penalty of $89,300 to settle EPA claims that they violated federal lead paint disclosure laws at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine and the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. In a recent EPA enforcement complaint, EPA alleged that Northeast Housing, LLC, and Balfour Beatty Military Housing Management, LLC failed on multiple occasions ...
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Massachusetts-based landlord faces nearly $85K penalty for failure to disclose lead paint to tenants in springfield (MA)
A Massachusetts apartment complex owner and landlord faces a penalty of $83,575 for charges by EPA that he violated federal lead paint disclosure rules at his apartment complex in Springfield. These violations potentially put tenants at risk of exposure to lead paint hazards. According to EPA, 122 Chestnut, L.L.C., failed to provide tenants with lead hazard information pamphlets; failed to ...
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R.I. Property Management Company Fined for Failing to Notify Tenants about Lead Paint Hazards in Providence
Private Reserve Properties, LLC, a Rhode Island property management company, will pay a penalty of $21,857, and perform an additional project valued at $210,000 to settle EPA allegations that it violated federal lead disclosure laws. The settlement requires Private Reserve to mitigate lead-based paint hazards in over 40 residential properties in and around Providence. Many of these properties ...
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Bacterial Meningitis Discussed in New Online Video
Today, the IAQ Video Network and Cochrane & Associates announced the release of another online video to help educate people about issues that may impact their health. Their latest educational video discusses bacterial meningitis and the bacteria responsible for the infections. Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. The condition can be ...
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Lead poisoning: number one environmental health threat to children ages six and younger in the U.S.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared October 23-30, 2011 Lead Poisoning Prevention Week as part of the agency’s on-going efforts to make families aware of the hazards presented by lead and lead-based paint in the home and places where children under six years of age are regularly present. Lead is a toxic metal that was used for many years in paint and other products found ...
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Lineage Announces Pipeline Expansion to Include Auditory Neuronal Cell Therapy for Treatment of Hearing Loss
Expansion of Pipeline Into a Third Neuronal Cell Type Builds on Existing Capabilities Intellectual Property Has Been Filed Covering Composition and Methods for Generating Auditory Neuronal Progenitors Hearing Loss Afflicts More Than 5% of the Population; More Than 430 Million People Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company ...
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