|
Merry Christmas |
 | | from Pure Air Control Services! |
|
Upcoming FREE
Mold Webinars | |
|
| Your IEQ Hotline! Toll Free 800-422-7873 |
 | | Free Preliminary Phone Consultation Services Available. Call Now! |
|
|
SUBSCRIBE TO
the -IEQ REVIEW | |
 | |
Check out the IEQ Review Archives!! |
|
|
Airborne Bio-aerosol Guidelines
| |
|
|
Tell a Friend about
the -IEQ REVIEW- | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Home / News (TransWorldNews) 
Researchers at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut, found that a room containing a fresh Christmas tree for two weeks had mold levels that were five times the normal level.
Tampa - Are allergens in your home for the holidays? Tis' the season for may holiday allergens that can trigger or irritate allergies, from your Christmas tree, holiday scents, from food and pets, to wood-burning fires and seasonal greenery. While you may manage allergy symptoms pretty well most of the year, symptoms to indoor allergens like these can really spike during the holiday season. Where are these allergens coming from? Here's a short list...
[For full news release, click on title] Or explore over 400  |
| OSHA Issues New Fact Sheet on Mold Hazards and Safeguards for Workers During Sandy Cleanup ...ongoing effort to educate workers and employers... | |
by WorkerCompensation.com
New York, NY - "Workers will be exposed to mold during hurricane response and cleanup activities. Remediation of mold-contaminated building materials and surfaces can and must be done safely, so that no worker is sickened or injured while performing this vital work," said Robert Kulick, OSHA's regional administrator in New York. "Critical to this is employers knowing the hazards of mold, developing an effective mediation plan, the use of effective controls, work practices and personal protective equipment, and training employees to recognize and protect themselves against mold."
[For full news release, click on title ] |
|
Family of Pittsburgh VA Legionnaires' Victim Sues U.S. Veterans Affairs Department | |
by Sean D. Hamill / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The family of a Hampton man who died last month after contracting Legionnaires' disease at the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs' hospital in Oakland filed a civil claim against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today.
At a press conference this afternoon, the three adult sons of William E. Nicklas, 87, said they were devastated by his death on Nov. 23, which was "very preventable," their attorney, Harry Cohen, said.
"It appears as though the VA Hospital failed to...
[For complete story, click on title] |
 |
| Detection of Airborne Stachybotrys Chartarum Macrocyclic Trichothecene Mycotoxins in the Indoor Environment... | |
T. L. Brasel, J. M. Martin, C. G. Carriker, S. C. Wilson, and D. C. Straus* | NCBI - PubMed Central (PMC) [ABSTRACT]
The existence of airborne mycotoxins in mold-contaminated buildings has long been hypothesized to be a potential occupant health risk. However, little work has been done to demonstrate the presence of these compounds in such environments. The presence of airborne macrocyclic trichothecene mycotoxins in indoor environments with known Stachybotrys chartarum contamination was therefore investigated. In seven buildings, air was collected using a high-volume liquid impaction bioaerosol sampler (SpinCon PAS 450-10) under static or disturbed conditions. An additional building was sampled using an Andersen GPS-1 PUF sampler modified to separate and collect particulates smaller than conidia. Four control buildings (i.e., no detectable S. chartarum growth or history of water damage) and outdoor air were also tested. Samples were analyzed using a...
[For complete published article, click on title] |
|
Hotel Room Tests Uncover High Levels of Contamination | |
CBC News |Canada - Marketplace Investigation
A CBC Marketplace investigation has uncovered potentially dangerous levels of filth and contamination in hotel rooms across the country.
In the largest-ever survey of Canadian hotel cleanliness, Marketplace tested thousands of individual spots inside hotel rooms at a wide spectrum of chains in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto.
More than 800 "high-touch" spots were tested in 54 rooms at six hotel chains, including budget hotels EconoLodge and Super 8, mid-range hotels Best Western and Holiday Inn and the luxurious Fairmont and Sheraton.
Scientific analysis found...
[For full news story, click on title] |
|
|
| |
"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."
-- Dale Carnegie |
Our Federal Contracts,
Certifications and Affiliation
 |
|
|
