Posted on Monday, March 21, 2016 by Tara Valley
With heavy rainfall or the sudden melting of significant snow amounts like we’re experiencing now in parts of Ontario where temperatures have reached and remained at double digits, the risk of spring flooding becomes a real threat to people and residential and commercial properties.
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Posted on Wednesday, February 19, 2014 by Tara Valley
Having won his battle against cancer, a survivor is nonetheless losing his fight with the Halifax Metro Housing Authority – and a litany of complaints that include asbestos, poor indoor air quality and rampant mildew.
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Posted on Friday, November 9, 2012 by Tara Valley
Older homes offer features that many people love and which can’t be duplicated in new housing developments, like high ceilings, rich older neighbourhoods with mature trees. They can also offer some built in problems – like mold.
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Posted on Friday, July 6, 2012 by Tara Valley
The Toronto District School Board has a dilemma many homeowners can relate to. The TDSB has recently decided to put off renovations to their aging school buildings and infrastructure in an effort to stay within tight budgetary constraints.
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Posted on Thursday, March 22, 2012 by Tara Valley
A recent episode of Wylde on Health, a weekly news magazine on health matters on CP24 TV invited Tara Valley, Senior Environmental Consultant and Indoor Air Quality Specialist for the Environmental Services Group on the set as an expert to comment on common health risks in the home.
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Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2011 by Tara Valley
They say money can’t buy happiness, and a recent news item confirms that living the dream life of a movie actor in Hollywood is no guarantee that you’ll be immune from common household problems.
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Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 by Tara Valley
The mold testing and inspection experts at Toronto’s Environmental Services Group were featured on a recent episode of the popular TV show Income Property.
The show, which airs on HGTV, typically deals with the ins and outs of renovating an older property into rental income units of various types.
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Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by Tara Valley
In some recent Canadian news stories and on this environmental consulting blog, you can find information on the environmental threats caused by drug grow-op homes and former grow-op homes.
Whether the homes are home to marijuana grow-ops or meth labs, there are certain consistent risk that accompany them.
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