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August 16, 2013Volume 3 Issue 18 
IN THIS ISSUE
Can Reduced Maintenance Budgets Impact IAQ?
New Guide to Safe and Healthy Workplaces to Reduce the Incidence of Asthma Attacks...
Mold Forces Georgia Department Out of Building
Superstorm Sandy Fraud
Sting Nabs Eight
Unlicensed Contractors
Legionella Bacteria
Found at Four More
Queensland Hospitals
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According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing.

 

Washington, DC - As modern medicine improves at warp speed then why has asthma prevalence rates jumped sharply in the U.S.? With all the knowledge base data, reductions in outdoor air pollutants, no smoking policies instituted, greening of new buildings, increase medications, then why is asthma prevalence increasing today? Can deferred maintenance be a reason?

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American Lung Association Releases New Guide to Safe and Healthy Workplaces to Reduce the Incidence of Asthma Attacks during the Workday From Office Workers to Factory Employees, Indoor Air Contaminates Can Sicken Every Facet of the American Workforce

by Jenna American Lung Association ~ lung.org  

 

Washington, D.C. - The vast majority of the American workforce spends at least part of their day laboring indoors where serious health dangers may be lurking in the air they breathe. According to the Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA), approximately 11 million workers including those who are employed by offices, restaurants and industrial facilities are exposed to at last one or more substances in their workplace that could cause asthma symptoms.

 

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 Mold Forces Georgia Department Out of Building 

by Hailey Winslow - news4jax.com  

 

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - If you go to the Department of Family and Children Services in Glynn County, you'll see a sign on the door that says the department has temporarily moved a few doors down. Mold closes DCFS building... VIDEO

 

The reason: mold.

 

DFCS is located in Cypress Mill Square, and Carolyn Oppenheimer owns the property.

 

"It's behind the walls," she said in a phone interview from Atlanta. "You couldn't see it, so they had to go in and remove the affected areas. They removed some sheet rock and some carpet."

 

Oppenheimer said offhand she didn't know what kind of mold it is. But employees are worried.

 

An employee who wants to remain anonymous....

 

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Superstorm Sandy Fraud Sting Nabs Eight Unlicensed Contractors

by Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com

    

For years, opportunists have preyed on vulnerable homeowners attempting to rebuild their lives after large-scale catastrophes.

 

Insureds who enter into unfavorable agreements or end up with subpar (or non-existent) property repairs are often left to pick up the pieces, with little recourse.

 

Increasingly states across the U.S. are enacting specific legislation to spread awareness and deter the merciless crime.

 

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Legionella Bacteria Found at Four More Queensland Hospitals 

by Tony Moore, Senior Reporter ~ brisbanetimes.com.au 

 

Legionella bacteria has been found in low levels at four hospitals - Logan, Ipswich, Gold Coast and QEII - as the new weekly testing regime in Queensland hospitals begins.

 

Queensland hospitals have been asked to test their water for legionella and release results each week since a man, 66, died after contracting legionnaires' disease...

 

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