A parent in Augusta got a call from her pediatrician’s office after a routine screening: her toddler’s blood lead level came back at 4.2 micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL). The nurse mentioned it was “a little elevated” and recommended a follow-up test, but didn’t explain much beyond that. The parent hung up with a number and
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A tenant leasing office space in a multi-suite building in Augusta noticed a musty smell near the shared HVAC return vent and reported it to the property manager, who directed the tenant to their own commercial lease and pointed out language stating the tenant was responsible for maintaining “the interior of the leased premises.” The
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A homeowner outside Aiken had her well tested for the standard panel: total coliform, E. coli, nitrates, pH, and a metals screen. Everything came back within safe ranges, and she felt confident about her water. What that panel didn’t include, and what most standard well water tests don’t include, was radon. A separate test, prompted
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An HVAC contractor replacing a rooftop unit on a commercial building in downtown Augusta cut into the supply ductwork to connect new equipment, standard procedure on a straightforward swap. The building was constructed in 1974. The ductwork was original. What the crew didn’t check before cutting was the corrugated wrap insulation covering roughly forty feet
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A homeowner in Aiken spent a weekend sanding old paint off the exterior trim of her 1962 house before repainting it herself. She’d heard about lead paint rules for contractors and figured, since she was doing the work herself, none of it applied to her. She wasn’t entirely wrong about the rule. She was wrong
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A property management company in Augusta reopened a mostly vacant office building after a slow leasing period left two floors unoccupied for nearly five months. Water service had never been shut off, but almost nothing had run through the pipes on those floors: no faucets, no showers in the tenant break rooms, minimal flow through
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A homeowner in North Augusta called EnviroPro 360 after a home inspector’s general walkthrough came back clean, but she still noticed a musty smell every time she went downstairs to do laundry. The inspector had checked the basement, seen no visible mold on the walls, and moved on. What he hadn’t done was pull the
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A homeowner in Evans finished her basement last year: new drywall, a drop ceiling, carpet over the slab, and a supply vent tied into the main HVAC trunk line. The house had tested for radon when she bought it eight years earlier, and the number came back well under the EPA’s action level of 4
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