READ: EPA - Indoor Environmental Quality and Climate Change
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READ: EPA - Building Codes and IAQ
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(3 RC) - Conservation-minded building codes have the potential to reduce naturally occurring air exchange for buildings by tightening the envelope and reducing pressurization of unconditioned spaces (e.g. duct sealing). Indoor moisture, altered airflows, lowered air exchange all have the potential for increasing occupant risk of exposures to indoor generated contaminants..… (EPA, Sep 2009)
Read MoreREAD: IEQ impacts of World Trade Center attacks
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(1 RC) - The draft proposed sampling plan provides an overview of how buildings (residential, office, and public) south of Houston Street, in Manhattan, would be sampled to determine if any remaining WTC-related contamination is present. As proposed, only dust samples would be taken from buildings made available by the owners or managers. Samples would be taken from locations where exposures are likely to occur, such as in elevated horizontal surfaces.… (ATSDR, Mar 2005)
Read MoreLISTEN: EPA - Building Air Quality Audio Part 3
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(1 RC) - This guide from the EPA for building owners and facility managers details principles, standards, methods and protocols for the proper investigation and remediation of air quality issues, including mold.
Read MoreREAD: HUD - Healthy Homes Issues: Residential Assessment
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(4 RC) - This background paper addresses the assessment of all types of hazards that may exist in homes, including biological, chemical, physical, structural, and behavioral. It introduces the reader to methods to assess for health and safety hazards, and discusses widely available visual assessment…(HUD, 2012)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Charles Harwood Complex
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(4 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates the possibility of mold and fungal activity in the Charles Hardwood Complex. Employees working at the CHC believed that their headaches, coughing, rash, itching, infections, respiratory problems and eye irritants…(NIOSH, 2000)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Fayette County Courthouse
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(4 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates the air quality of a county courthouse in Fayette county, looking for mold and other noxious air quality influencers. Employees had reported a variety of health concerns: headaches, nausea, tiredness, nasal and sinus symptoms, vomiting, burning eyes, sore throats, breathing problems, coughing, ear infections…(NIOSH, 2002)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Teletech
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(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH and the CDC investigates a Teletech call center building to monitor and adjust the indoor environmental quality. Primary health concerns were: frequent sinus infections, respiratory infections, indoor allergies of unknown origin, hives, and skin rashes. Listed exposures included air fresheners, dirty air ducts and vents…(NIOSH, 2004)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Environmental Protection Department West Virginia
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(1 RC) - In June 2001, a middle-aged couple with a history of smoking moved into a newly built, two-story, woodframed home with a finished basement and adjacent crawlspace on land that was formerly mined. Shortly after occupancy, the 42-year old woman noted new-onset shortness of breath, lightheadedness, dizziness, and fatigue while in the basement… (NIOSH, 2004)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Health Science Center
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(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH and the CDC investigates a health science center in response to reports of asthma and respiratory symptoms. Employees had expressed concerns about the air quality including the possibility that exposure to photographic chemicals leaking into the office space from the area above might have caused health effects experienced by employees…(NIOSH, 2004)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Justice Court Building
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(2 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH and the CDC inspects a justice court building in response to anonymous complaints about the indoor environmental quality. Since occupying the building in 1999, employees reported headaches, itchy and burning eyes, chronic sinus infections, asthma, heart palpitations, and memory loss…(NIOSH, 2003)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Behavioral Health Hospital
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(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates a behavioral health hospital in response to complaints about asthma and other respiratory symptoms. This was the second request for an evaluation since February 2004. The first request concerned respiratory symptoms and illnesses, including asthma, that workers felt could be related to possible mold contamination in the ventilation system…(NIOSH, 2005)
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Fire Department
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(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates a fire department building, finding severe mold damage and backed up sewers.
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE West Virginia Dept. of Administration
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(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates the water problem discovered in the basement of an administration building in West Virginia.
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Youth Development Center
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(2 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH organized by the CDC investigates a youth development center, responding to complaints of asbestos and TB concerns in the occupants.
Read MoreREAD: NIOSH - HHE Dixie Regional Medical Center
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(2 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH organized by the CDC investigates a medical center as a result of complaints about odors and smells. Mold, and other indoor air issues were discovered.
Read MoreREAD: CDC - HHE Medical Office Building Indoor Environment
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(2 RC) - This HHE from the CDC studies the indoor environment in a medical office building, responding to complaints about sewer gas.
Read MoreREAD: CDC - HHE Environmental Health Concerns in Elementary School
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(3 RC) - This HHE from the CDC looks at environmental health concerns in a public elementary school and pursues options for improvement.
Read MoreREAD: CDC - HHE Indoor Air in a Snack Food Facility, Pennsylvania
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(4 RC) - This HHE from the CDC evaluates respiratory and indoor environmental quality concerns at a snack foods facility in Pennsylvania.
Read MoreREAD: CDC - HHE Odors and Residues in Medical Research Facility
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(3 RC) - This HHE from the CDC studies the odors and surface residues in a medical center research facility and explores the options for the betterment of the indoor air quality.
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