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Indoor Air Quality
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Sort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - The longer mold grows, the greater the potential hazard and the harder it is to control.
- In a typical forced-air system with leaky ducts and an inefficient filter, the ducts are usually contaminated with a wide variety of particulates and microorganisms—all directly exposed to the air being breathed by the occupants.
- Three viewpoints of designing a healthy building include: the importance of sustainable development, the role of occupants for ensuring indoor air quality, and ongoing developments related to indoor finishes with low chemical emissions and good fungal resistance.
- Viewing the whole house as an integrated system helps.
- With energy prices skyrocketing and the temperature continuing to spike, most homeowners dread receiving their energy bill in the height of summer. But what most homeowners don’t realize is that they could own a high performance home that requires much less energy.
- EPA\'s Energy Star program now addresses indoor air quality (IAQ). Here is a summary of requirements you can use to improve your home\'s IAQ.
- Biomonitoring, the measurement of chemicals in blood, urine, and other tissues or fluids, is becoming an increasingly common tool in the study of human exposure to environmental chemicals; the problem is, it\'s hard to connect with health outcomes (abstract only).
- January is national Radon Action Month and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency encourages everyone to test their homes for radon.
- How HEPA filters work on a vacuum cleaner, and how to be a smart shopper.
- Air filters can definitely improve the air quality in your house, but the big questions are “How much?” and “Is it enough?”
- Prevention is as important as cleaning up an existing trouble spot.
- FloorScore, developed by the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) and Scientific Certification Systems (SCS), tests and certifies hard surface flooring and flooring adhesive products for compliance with indoor air quality (IAQ) goals.
- How to reduce your exposure to this common chemical.
- Formaldehyde is an important industrial chemical used to make other chemicals, building materials, and household products. Here\'s how to limit your exposure.
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- Besides holding up the house, a foundation is also a connection between the soil and living space. How this connection is made is important for the health of the occupants and the durability of the house.
- This study reveals that a considerable percentage of the U.S. population reports adverse health effects or irritation from fragranced products, (abstract only).
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 30-39.
- The American Lung Association® Health House® provides tips about selection and use of furnace filters to help ensure better indoor air quality.
- From The Healthy House Answer Book: Answers to the 133 most commonly asked questions. Questions 119-126.
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