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"Up to 70% of all buildings greater than three stories in the US may be contaminated with legionella."
At the present time, the third draft of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) proposed Legionella standard has opened for a 45-day public review (January 25, 2013 through March 11, 2013). According to Building Operating Management magazine, expert Victor Yu, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; Chief, Infectious Disease Section, VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA disclosed that "Up to 70% of all buildings greater than three stories in the US may be contaminated with legionella."
Legionnaires' disease are the two words that no facilities manager, risk manager or building operations manager wants to hear. Everyone knows about the haunting images of the 1976 American Legion Convention in Philadelphia at which 220 became ill and 30 died.
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| Why the Future May Belong to Slime Mold ...driven by the slimy corollary... | |
by David DiSalvo, Contributor ~ Forbes.com
Neither plant nor animal, plasmodial slime mold (or mould, if you prefer) is truly an odd beastie - and it may hold the key to the future of computing, robotics, and other advanced technologies. Researchers studying slime mold have discovered that it possesses a primitive but distinctive intelligence, and that its movements are not random, but a sort of controlled chaos that appears to be driven by the slimy corollary to human decision-making.
Plasmodial slime mold (as opposed to cellular slime) is a...
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New State Law Requires Radon Testing in Day Care Centers | |
by Batavia.patch | SOURCE: Kane County Health Department
As part of National Radon Action Month during January, the Kane County Health Department wants parents of children in day care to know they will be better informed about levels of radon in their child's facility under a new state law that took effect Jan. 1, 2013.
Licensed day care centers and day care homes in Illinois are now required to test for the radioactive gas. Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, day care centers will need to show proof the facility has been tested for radon within the last three years as part of the initial application or license renewal process.
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| Mold Still A Concern In Sandy Ravaged Homes ...the mold was easy to spot, but that's not always the case. | |
by Erin Billups | Health - NY1.com
As homeowners in the city continue to clean up and rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, NY1's Erin Billups takes a look at the impact mold can have on those unprotected or ill-suited for exposure and filed the following report.
Hurricane Sandy put the ocean in Joe Cosenza's Staten Island home. Three days after the storm, Cosenza says his walls looked like moldy bread. Immediately, his asthma flared up.
"My chest, my eyes were burning, my nose would burn, I was coughing, wheezing," recalls Cosenza.
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Pacifiers Contaminated With Unexpected Array of Bacteria and Mold |
by KAREN LARSEN | turnto23.com
TULSA, Okla. - Whether you call them pacifiers, binkies or soothers, parents call them lifesavers for comforting a fussy baby.
But a new study by Oklahoma State University scientists shows they also harbor germs that can make a child sick, perhaps chronically so.
Tom Glass, professor of forensic sciences, pathology and dental medicine at the university's Health Sciences Center in Tulsa, suspected that would be the case. But he and his fellow researchers couldn't believe the bacteria they found.
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