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Physicochemical and Morphological Characterization of Nanoparticles From Photocopiers: Implications for Environmental Health

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  • 3:11PM Jul 29, 2012
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In a recent article published in the peer-reviewed Nanotoxicology journal, RJ Lee Group’s Dr. Kristin Bunker, along with Dhimiter Bello, John Martin, Christopher Santeufemio, Qingwei Sun, Martin Shafer, and Philip Demokritou, explores the potential linking of printing and photocopying with environmental health effects by analyzing nanoparticles produced by the technologies. Here is the abstract:

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Expert Analysis: The EPA’s Regulatory Changes Regarding Trichloroethylene & Safe Environmental Levels

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  • 3:15PM May 21, 2012
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VOCs may be found in soil and groundwater near industrial plants using solvents and in a variety of industrial and commercial processes including chemical manufacturing and petroleum refining. In September 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final health assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE), a chlorinated hydrocarbon commonly used in industrial degreasing solvent operations such […]

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Dr. James Conca Co-Authors Editorial on Nuclear Waste Disposal in Tri-City Herald

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  • 11:09AM May 06, 2012
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In an editorial in the Tri-City Herald, a daily newspaper serving communities in southeast Washington State, Dr. James Conca, Director of RJ Lee Group’s Center for Laboratory Sciences in Pasco, WA, along with co-author Dr. Judith Wright, addresses issues regarding nuclear waste disposal.  The authors discuss a bill produced by the Senate Energy and Water […]

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RJ Lee Group Fields the PTR-MS Instrument for Real-Time VOC Monitoring

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  • 11:08AM May 01, 2012
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(MONROEVILLE, Pa., May 1, 2012) RJ Lee Group, Inc., a materials characterization laboratory and industrial forensics and environmental consulting firm, recently fielded the new Proton Transfer Reaction – Mass Spectrometry (PTR-MS) instrument that allows for monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).  The PTR-MS does not require a gas supply and is Iight-weight, relatively small and […]

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Hospital Employee Health Interviews Matt Zock on Monitoring Chemotherapy Drug Exposures

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  • 11:03AM Apr 02, 2012
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In the February 2012 issue of Hospital Employee Health, an industry journal focusing on effective administration of hospital employee health programs, RJ Lee Group Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Mr. Matt Zock, was interviewed about the risk of contamination from antineoplastic (chemotherapy) agents and other hazardous drugs in hospital pharmacies and oncology units. The journal article, […]

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Dr. James Conca, RJ Lee Group Expert, Writes Forbes Editorial Arguing “Fukushima Refugees Are Victims Of Irrational Fear, Not Radiation”

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  • 11:00AM Mar 26, 2012
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(MONROEVILLE, Pa., March 26, 2012) Dr. James Conca, Director of the Center for Laboratory Science at RJ Lee Group, Inc., and an international expert on the environmental effects of radiation, recently published an editorial in Forbes online entitled “Fukushima’s Refugees Are Victims Of Irrational Fear, Not Radiation.”  Roughly a week after publishing the first piece, […]

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RJ Lee Group’s Gary Casuccio Co-Authors Manuscript to be Published in Environmental Science & Technology

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  • 10:59AM Mar 21, 2012
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(MONROEVILLE, Pa., March 21, 2012) Gary Casuccio, Vice President and Senior Scientist at RJ Lee Group, Inc., is a contributing author to the manuscript “Single Particle SEM-EDX Analysis of Iron-Containing Coarse Particulate Matter in an Urban Environment: Sources and Distribution of Iron within Cleveland, Ohio,” which has been accepted for publication in an upcoming issue […]

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Police Union Displays 9/11 Uniform Tested by RJ Lee Group in Meeting with NY Mayor Bloomberg

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  • 10:57AM Feb 12, 2012
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The New York Times reported that on February 12, 2012 New York police union leaders took with them the uniform of Police Officer Alonzo Harris, a respondent in the World Trade Center rescue efforts, when they called upon Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Their intent was to request that the Mayor release police medical records for a […]

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