I am a Certified Environmental Consultant and I work with Abatment Companies Every Day!

A good environmental consulting company can help by providing things such as a mold survey of the unit (before she moves in). 

I am currently a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in Paraguay, South America, working on Agricultural/Environmental/Health projects in my assigned rural community. 

@Tyler Smith I live in State College as well for school studying environmental engineering.

The results of the environmental study can be a deal breaker of its own.

mid-sized apartment building, you should be working with an experienced broker and/or attorney who should be able to advise you on what materials and {diligence} conditions should be identified in your APS.Building on what has been stated above, be sure to include the collection of estoppels from all tenants (and suppliers) and to have the clock on your diligence period start only once the Vendor has supplied the information requested of them (in the APS).Other items which we typically request as materials include: all leases and contracts; blueprints, engineering diagrams and assessments; existing environmental assessments; authorisation to pull the permit and work order / citation history on the property; finances for the past 3 years; current rent-roll along with economic vacancy (physical vacancy, concessions, evictions); list of recent CAPEx; statement of reserves (note: this should be included in the financials, but you never know).

An example would be a phase one environmental study.

Environmental regulations are only going to get tougher going forward forcing oil heat out of favour in time. 

Do they need to be told of other environmental dangers? 

It would require insecticide applications on a daily basis in some areas, and this is not efficient or environmentally sound.