Simply put, a Neighborhood Environmental Report explores the potential of known environmental contamination or risks on and around a property.

We will provide you with a report on your property and its surrounding area and go over the results with you to ensure you understand the information contained in the report and what steps you might need to take.

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When People buy a home, they research nearby homes, crime rates, and average property values - so what about potential environmental risks that could affect you and your family's health? Up until now, homeowners and people considering buying or selling a home didn't really have any options.

That's all changed since Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR) introduced reports of consumers.

Available through EDR-Certified providers, the EDR Report provides and informative and easy-to-understand snapshot of a home's environmental health and that of the surrounding area.

The Neighborhood Environmental Report pulls records from a variety of trusted sources, including government databases. It searches for concerns that might be dangerous to a homeowner's family or investment such as nearby leaking underground oil tanks, landfills, hazardous waste sites, and illegal drug labs. Accessing a database of millions of records, the report will identify known environmental hazards.

Some of the most dangerous and costly hazards outside and can contaminate a home through pathways to human contact such as vapor intrusion, soil, and groundwater. Just because an area appears pristine does not mean that issues are not present.

• Protect you and your family's health
• Ensure a sound investment
• Understand nearby risks

Each EDR Report includes detailed information about known and potential environmental concerns and starts with a brief summary of the finding EDR has identified about a property. Whether you are buying or selling a home, the report helps to insure peace of mind.

• Leaking underground oil tanks
• Hazardous waste sites
• Landfills
• Homes that have been used as illegal drug labs
• Contamination from nearby industrial sites, farms, or accidental toxic spills
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top clean-up properties

These hazards can pose a threat to you and your family's health and property value as harmful substances can find their way into your drinking water, the soil around your home, or can contaminate indoor air through vapor intrusion.

There is a section that identifies any records of concern within 300 feet of your home - about a 6 acre circle.

A second section identifies the same types of concerns beyond the home that helps you get a clearer picture of the neighborhood around a property.

Every report includes detailed information about what has been searched and identified as well as contact information for all government and private organizations form which databases were accessed for the report.

The good news is that if an issue of concern is revealed, your EDR-Certified professional is trained to help you understand the report's findings and guide you to a solution.

Oftentimes it can be resolved through inexpensive and easy to implement solutions such as:

• Installing a ventilation system, like the ones used to dissipate radon
• Installation of a water filtration system
• Periodic water-quality testing

Environmental Data Resources, Inc. (EDR) is the nations leaking and most trusted provider of environmental risk information for residential and commercial real estate. With the largest collection of local, state, and Federal environmental records in the U.S., it generates over 750,000 environmental risk property reports a year of real estate transactions.

All EDR-Certified Providers go through extensive training and are available to help guide you through a report's findings.

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