Jul 5 2009
Over the course of several years, the United States had experienced rapid growth in the commercial and residential construction market. This construction boom, coupled with several destructive hurricanes that required extensive rebuilding activity, resulted in a dramatic shortage in domestic building materials including drywall. Construction companies turned to foreign sources of drywall. Due to its abundance and inexpensiveness, millions of pounds of Chinese manufactured drywall were imported into the U.S. to alleviate the drywall shortage.
This imported Chinese drywall was manufactured using many different filler materials. One such filler material is fly ash, which is a byproduct of the industrial burning of high content sulfur coal. One or more volatile sulfur compounds can be retained in the fly ash and, thus, retained in the drywall. The drywall can emit gases containing sulfur-based contaminants.
SabCo, Inc., a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida based environmental firm, under the direction of Ronald G. Huggins, MS, MPH, Ph.D., CIH, CIAQP, an expert in Indoor Air Quality, and is a certified expert in state and federal litigation cases for Indoor Air Quality and Toxicology, has developed a specific process, referred to as the RISS System(TM), to remove the toxic and corrosive compounds from the Indoor Air caused by gases being emitted by Chinese Drywall. This process is believed to be so unique and specialized that a patent application for this technology has been filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The RISS System(TM) is an efficient process to remove Indoor Air contaminants that are released by the inclusions in the Chinese manufactured drywall and reduces the levels of the sulfur based contaminants to the detection limit, which is the lowest level for which any health risk can be set. This reduction in sulfur containing Indoor Air contaminants by the operation of the RISS System(TM) has been documented. The RISS System(TM) has undergone extensive testing, and is currently under evaluation by an independent testing laboratory.
The RISS System(TM) does not require the occupants or personal property to be removed from the residence or property, nor does it require the removal of the existing Chinese drywall. Therefore, the RISS System(TM) is a safe, affordable, minimally invasive solution to remedy the problems of contaminated Indoor Air and its effects associated with the installation of the contaminated Chinese Drywall.
The RISS System(TM) will quickly and affordably return the Indoor Air Quality to safe and healthy levels, remove the unknown and doubt regarding the unwanted conditions, and allow the homeowners and families to remain and return to the quality of life equal to any other home or occupied space. The RISS System(TM) is ready for immediate deployment and on-site operation that will take a few days for one time permanent installation and a very inexpensive continued maintenance expense each month.