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Florida Schools Save Energy & Improve IAQ with PURE-Steam Coil Cleaning Process | |
by Pure Air Control Services, Inc. (Green News -Wooeb)
"Not only are we saving energy, but we are creating a healthy learning environment for our students and faculty."
Punta Gorda, FL - In keeping pace with the national population growth, overcrowding, and complying with class-size reduction mandates, an estimated 6,000 new schools will need to be built in the next several years. Thousands more schools will be renovated as districts continue to upgrade deteriorating school facilities. In the next few years, school districts will spend tens of billions of dollars constructing new school facilities, and enlarging and renovating existing schools.
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Respiratory and Allergic Health Effects of Dampness, Mold, and Dampness-Related Agents: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence | |
Mark J. Mendell1,2, Anna G. Mirer3, Kerry Cheung4, My Tong1, Jeroen Douwes4
1 Indoor Air Quality Section, Environmental Health Laboratory Branch, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, USA, 2 Indoor Environment Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, 3 Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 4 Centre for Public Health Research, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
Data extraction: We evaluated evidence for causation or association between qualitative/subjective assessments of dampness or mold (considered together) and specific health outcomes. We separately considered evidence for associations between specific quantitative measurements of microbiologic factors and each health outcome.
Data synthesis: Evidence from epidemiologic studies and meta-analyses showed indoor dampness or mold to be associated consistently with increased asthma development and exacerbation, current and ever diagnosis of asthma, dyspnea, wheeze, cough, respiratory infections, bronchitis, allergic rhinitis, eczema, and upper respiratory tract symptoms.
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| Insurers to Pay $8 million in First Chinese Drywall Settlement | |
by Jaime L. Brockway
Residents of homes with faulty drywall reached an $8 million settlement with a New Orleans company that distributed the Chinese drywall to homes in the Gulf region for rebuilding after hurricane disasters.
Interior/Exterior Building Supply's two primary insurers, Arch Insurance Co. and Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., will each put $4 million into an escrow account until U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon can determine how to distribute the funds...
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Vital Signs: Asthma Prevalence, Disease Characteristics, and Self-Management Education - United States, 2001-2009 | |
Morbidity and Mortality by CDC and Prevention
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that affects persons of all ages and is characterized by episodic and reversible attacks of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing (1). Although asthma cannot be cured at present, symptoms can be controlled with appropriate medical treatment, self-management education, and by avoiding exposure to environmental allergens and irritants that can trigger an attack (1,2). The most current evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma were... [For full MMWR release / vol. 60, click on title] |
| HarrisMartin's Mold Update Contractor Denied Summary Judgment in Dispute Over Moldy Drywall | by HarrisMartin Publishing - Mold
A New York appellate panel affirmed a denial of summary judgment to a general contractor, saying the trial court was correct in ruling that questions remain as to whether an ADR determination in the general contractor's favor was arbitrary...
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