Welcome to North Carolina Environmental Lawyers

	Did You Know?
	TLV stands for threshold limit value The term for standards set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in 1968. A term used by ACGIH to express the airborne concentration of a material to which nearly all workers can be exposed day after day without adverse effects. "Workers" means health individuals. The young, old, ill, or naturally susceptible will have lower tolerances and need to take additional precautions.

North Carolina Lawyers specializing in Environmental Law focus on litigation concerning environmental issues such as air pollution, water contamination, chemical and nuclear waste, oil spills, and other related matters.

	Air Quality Standards, 1998
	Percentage of persons living in counties not meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air quality standards Percentage   27   Source: Aerometric Information Retrieval System, U.S. Environmental protection Agency.

The US government passed the National Environment Protection Act (NEPA) in 1970 to help protect the environment from public and private actions such as corporate pollution or excessive logging. The Environmental Quality Improvement Act as well as the Environmental Education Act and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are other measures taken by the federal government to ensure protection of the environment, and the quality of water and air.

Common case types North Carolina Environmental Lawyers face on a daily basis include:

• Water Contamination
• Factory & Air Pollution
• Chemical Poisoning
• Toxic Waste
• CERCLA or Superfund
• Oil Pollution Spills
• Toxic Mold
• Lead Poisoning
• Asbestos Hazards
• Toxic Mold in Schools
• Benzene Exposure

Contact our North Carolina Environmental Lawyer today and get a free consultation!

North Carolina Audio & Video         State of the Earth's Ecosystems Audio, RM, 44 kbps, 5:58, 4/22/2005 More than 1,300 hundred scientists have contributed to a new United Nations' report on the state of the world's ecosystems. We look at this "report card" for Earth. And we'll hear about a second U.N. report that recommends immediate steps we should take to protect our environment and encourage sustainable economic development. Source: National Public Radio

North Carolina External Sites         Invasive Species: North Carolina Species of Concern; Contacts; Laws and Regulations. Public Health Pest Management [North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources] .. Invasive Species: General Invasive Species Databases Host: North Carolina Botanical Garden; University of North Caroline, Chapel Hill ... Scope: The Environmental Law Institute has published (Aug 2002)