CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Poor Indoor Air Quality in Schools Sickens Students

January 20, 2012

Volume 2 Issue 500-37

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CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Poor Indoor Air Quality in Schools Sickens Students

The Indoor Pollution Threat You May Not Have Known Existed

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated in Healthcare HVAC Evaporator Coils

Woman Sues Over
Mold in Va. Military Rental Housing

School Districts and Universities Go Green Saving Energy and Improving IAQ

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CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: Poor Indoor Air Quality in Schools Sickens Students

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Dr. Rajiv Sahay, FIAS, laboratory director at EDLab, an AIHA and CDC Elite lab stated that they too have "found a direct correlation between school deferred maintenance and an increase occupant symptoms in teachers and children."

CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported this past weekend the extreme dire condition of Americas' schools and the health hazards posed by poor indoor air quality (IAQ).

According to CNN an estimated 14 million American children attend public schools that are in urgent need of extensive repair or replacement and have unhealthy environmental conditions, including poor air quality, unsafe...

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The Indoor Pollution Threat You May Not Have Known Existed

by Elisabeth Leamy - ABC News Blogs > Health > Medical Unit

Americans spend 90 percent of their time indoors, but have you ever thought about the purity of the air that you are breathing as you sit inside your home, office or even a restaurant?

Indoor air quality is considered to be the fourth greatest pollution threat to Americans by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Even if you can never see, and can't always smell, the chemicals inside your home, they are there...

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated in Healthcare HVAC Evaporator Coils

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A recent study suggests that doctors may want to monitor the environmental condition of their air conditioners evaporator coil before surgery to help prevent the spread of bacterial infections. Dr. Rajiv Sahay, Laboratory Director at Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory (EDLab) and his colleagues sampled evaporator coils in healthcare air handling systems and isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa a known noscocomial pathogen. This bacterium is listed as fourth most common cause of noscocomial infection and accounting for 10.1% of all hospital acquired infections. According to an estimate by the CDC four patients out of every 1000 discharges gets infected by P. aeruginosa.

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Woman Sues Over Mold in Va. Military Rental Housing

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NORFOLK, Va. - A company that manages rental housing for military families in Hampton Roads is being sued by a woman who claims she was sickened by mold in her home....

"There are a number of families who suffered exposure before Lincoln decided to take this seriously," he told the newspaper....

Problems with mold and moisture in Lincoln's housing were first reported by WTKR-TV. A contractor hired by the Navy began inspecting 14 housing units in December. The Navy also approved Lincoln's request to hire two other companies to conduct inspections.

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School Districts and Universities Go Green Saving Energy and Improving IAQ

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Charlotte County School District has implemented a "Green Cleaning" program to not only save energy but also to improve indoor air quality and mitigate long-term health risks and allergies associated with indoor air pollutants.

This program introduces a chemical free coil cleaning process called PURE-Steam Coil Cleaning a safe and effective cleaning process used to save energy and create a healthy learning environment for students, school staff and visitors.

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