As floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy receded, homeowners, businesses and municipalities returned to their flood-damaged structures and quickly realized that the problem of water damage was compounded by chemical and microbial contamination.

The International Cleaning and Restoration Association (ICRA) has created a consumer website – www.aboutrestoration.com - to help property owners recover from flood waters as a result of Hurricane Sandy and to help understand the restoration process.

A Legend Brands social media and e-mail campaign from November 1-7 raised $1,500 for the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund to support Hurricane Sandy victims.

According to the Canadian Underwriter, Fraudulent home improvement offers following Superstorm Sandy last fall have made the top 10 list of scams in 2012.

OSHA has released a fact sheet to help workers stay safe during the cleanup and recovery of Hurricane Sandy.

The disaster fund likely will run out of money by early spring because of costs from Superstorm Sandy, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said on Tuesday, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who represents Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan – two communities hard it by Hurricane Sandy, is urging the EPA and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make sure people assisting with the Hurricane Sandy cleanup stay safe, according to ISHN, a fellow BNP Media publication.

Legend Brands provided distributors and customers with an opportunity to help raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims from November 1-7 through an interactive social media and e-mail campaign in which Legend Brands offered to donate $1 to the American Red Cross for each Facebook “like” or e-mail open.

Inline Distributing Company has deployed its recently unveiled 53-foot Disaster Response Units, which serve as mobile warehouses, to the east coastin response to the damage from Hurricane Sandy, according to a press release.