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  • 27 Jun 2017 11:59 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)


    There’s nothing like a bit of toilet humour now and again but this revelation is no laughing matter.

    No matter how good you are at cleaning your loo a hygiene expert says most of us are doing it wrong; and it could breed more germs than you would like to think about.

    Stephanie from Expert Home Tips says the problem lays all with what you do with your toilet brush.

    It’s not how you scrub, and lets not talk about what you are scrubbing, but it’s what you do next.

    She said putting a wet brush back in the holder after you have used it is one of the worst things you can do. The wet brush will just be a brilliant breeding ground for germs and bacteria.

    More at source: Starts At 60

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  • 21 Jun 2017 8:47 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — It was a shocking surprise during Spring cleaning in Newington. A Connecticut DOT maintenance crew found more than 2 pounds of cocaine while they were cleaning up a wooded area between one of their facilities on Pascone Place and a shopping plaza off of the Berlin Turnpike.


    “I literally kicked a kilo,” said one maintenance worker who was picking up trash.

    The surprising find has generated a buzz in Newington.

    “Oooh a bit shocked,” said one shopper at the plaza next door.

    “It’s very strange,” another shopper said.

    More at source: WTNH 8

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  • 16 Jun 2017 10:06 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    Common cleaners used in homes, hotels and hospitals cause birth defects in fetuses, according to a new study of mice.


    In some cases just being in the same room with the chemicals was enough to increase birth defects in the mice. The scientists involved say they can’t draw any conclusions for exposed humans but “animal studies are the gold standard for predicting human health effects,” said Terry Hrubec, professor and researcher at Virginia Tech University and lead author of the study published today in the journal Birth Defects Research

    The mice didn’t even need to be directly dosed–just using disinfectants in the rooms led to increased birth defect rates.People are exposed “every day to these chemicals,” she added ... 

    More at source: Enviromental Health News

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  • 15 Jun 2017 10:12 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    Detectives with the California Department of Insurance arrested Gina Marie Gregori, 55, of Lafayette, for allegedly under reporting payroll and duping insurers out of $32 million. Gregori was charged with 19 felony counts and is being held on $5.2 millino bail at the San Francisco County Jail.

    Over a seven-year period Gregori, owner of GMG Janitorial, GMG Billings, and Apex Janitorial Solutions, allegedly falsified documents and underreported payroll to her workers’ comp insurance company, according to CDI detectives.

    More at source: Insurance Journal

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  • 12 Jun 2017 6:45 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    June 10--A Chicago firm has abruptly given up its $14.74 million janitorial contract at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, spurring Lambert to seek new bids for the three-year deal.


    United Maintenance Co. withdrew June 2. A few days earlier, Lambert officials had begun inquiring about a news report that United was accused by a Chicago agency of reserving jobs based on political considerations in violation of its contract with that city.

    More at source: Aviation Pros

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  • 08 Jun 2017 11:29 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    CONTRACTOR banned from cleaning state government schools because it underpaid its workers has been replaced by four companies that are also subject to allegations of underpayment.

    The Andrews government is under increasing pressure to overhaul the state’s school-­cleaning system.

    Four more school cleaning companies are now subject to allegations of underpayment.

    The Education Department has received complaints that one of the companies failed to pay penalty rates, and paid some workers flat rates of $21.22 to $23.54 an hour rather than the award minimum of $24.58 an hour.

    More at source: Herald Sun

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  • 06 Jun 2017 6:58 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    How does Amazon plan to keep automated warehouses free of debris? With automated cleanup robots, of course.

    Amazon cleanup robot

    At least that’s a scenario laid out in a patent granted to the Seattle-based online retailer today. There’s no guarantee the cleanup robots will become a reality. But it makes a weird sort of sense to have robots pick up after messy robots.

    The application, filed more than two years ago, describes a reporting network that can be used by workers, robots or sensor-equipped monitoring stations to alert a central control system to the presence of an out-of-place object – for example, a box that’s fallen out of a bin, or a piece of trash that’s been left in the aisle.

    More at source: Geek Wire

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  • 01 Jun 2017 8:42 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A scam from a company claiming to operate out of Minneapolis is making its way across the nation and has even targeted a business in the Northwest. According to BBB reports, Waterford Management, a building management and janitorial services company, has already scammed multiple companies out of around $900,000 worth of supplies. Better Business Bureau Serving the Northwest advises all business owners to be cautious of solicitations from Waterford Management.

    Financial scam file

    A janitorial supply business in Eugene, Oregon, reported Waterford Management set up an account with them and submitted all the appropriate credit application information and references required to make the order. Shortly afterward Waterford Management ordered another shipment, this time set up as a “blind” shipment to New York through a freight company.

    More at source: Idaho Press

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  • 23 May 2017 10:39 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    A DISHWASHER is ideal for cleaning a range of items like toothbrushes and flip-flops, say experts.

    The powerful sprays and heat not only wash off dirt but kill germs as they sterilise objects.

    Dishwashers can be used to clean loads of other household items

    Grimy baseball caps, plastic toys and hairbrushes can also be loaded in for a deep-clean — but not at the same time as your crockery, pans and cutlery, advises the Good Housekeeping Institute.

    Their guide says: “Most likely you aren’t using your dishwasher to its full potential.”

    More at source: SUN UK

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  • 18 May 2017 11:53 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -The San Jose Unified School District is in scrub down mode after hundreds of students got sick with signs pointing to the norovirus as the cause.



    Recess was a little different today for students at Hacienda Magnet, where the play structure, as well as the playground equipment was off-limits as the district deals with the outbreak.

    Elizabeth Hirai called it a smart move after her two daughters were forced to stay home because of the virus."My girls yesterday slept throughout the day, napped and then slept through the night," Hirai said Hacienda was hit the hardest with nearly 90 students who have reported feeling sick. The total number of sickened students has grown to 240 cases spread across at least ten campuses.

    More at source: ABC

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