Editorial policy
This site gives people information at the worst moment of their lives, and it earns money from the calls that follow. Both of those are reasons to be explicit about how the writing works.
What we will and will not tell you
We write about what happens after a death, a crime or a biohazard event in a Texas property: who releases the scene, who is responsible for the cleanup, what it usually costs, and how to judge a company. We do not give medical, legal or insurance advice, and we are not a party to any contract you sign with a cleanup company.
Where the facts come from
- Process and jurisdiction — county medical examiner and justice of the peace offices, police departments, and city code. Cited on the page where they are used.
- Regulation — the federal OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard and Texas waste-transport rules, linked to the regulator, never paraphrased from a competitor's marketing page.
- Compensation and tenancy — the Texas Attorney General and the Texas Property Code.
- Local figures — the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, and each city's or county's own published data.
If we cannot source a fact, the page does not state it. A page that says less is better than a page that reads well and is wrong.
Cost figures
No Texas authority publishes a price for this work. The ranges on this site are what two national restoration vendors advertise on their own pages, labeled "Advertised range" and traceable to those pages from the cost guide, which sets both vendors side by side. We publish them because a family with no reference point is easier to overcharge — but they are advertising, not a quote and not a survey we have run, and no page implies a price for your property. Every one of them tells you to get a written estimate after an on-site assessment. Our cost estimator is a rough indication and says so on the tool itself.
What we do not do
- We do not claim certifications, licenses or training on behalf of companies we list. Texas does not license this trade at all — see how we verify.
- We do not publish invented reviews, ratings, case studies or customer names.
- We do not write that help is "guaranteed", "same-day" or "instant" for any specific address, because that depends on a company's crew and workload that day.
- We do not let payment change what a page says. Companies pay for inquiries, not for coverage.
Corrections
If something here is wrong — an office that moved, a number that changed, a rule we read incorrectly — tell us on the contact page and we will fix it and note the change. Pages carry the date they were last reviewed.
Crisis support
If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — free, confidential, 24 hours a day. In an immediate emergency call 911. We are not a crisis service and we cannot help with an emergency in progress.
Biohazard Cleanup Texas is a referral service, not a cleanup company. We do not yet publish a registered company name or address, and until we do you should weigh what is on this site accordingly. What we can show you is on this page — see contact.