Indoor Air Quality Update

Mould Toxins More Prevalent And Hazardous Than Thought

adminia — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:41:19 +0000

Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research. Erica Bloom from the Division of Medical Microbiology at Lund University in Sweden has contributed to research in this field by analyzing dust and materials samples from buildings damaged by mould. Virtually all of the samples contained toxins from mould.

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Micrococcus sp.

adminia — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:22:14 +0000

Micrococcus is defined as a Gram-positive aerobic bacterium that is 0.5 to 3.5 micrometers in diameter. Micrococcus cells can be observed under the microscope as spherical cells forming pairs or clusters.
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Synthetic Bed Mattress Health Effects…

adminia — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:41:42 +0000

Reports of health problems linked to chemicals in new mattresses
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Health Effect from spores in carpet

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:47:03 +0000

Inhalation of fungal spores, fragments (parts), or metabolites (e.g mycotoxins and volatile organic compounds) from a wide variety of fungi may lead to or exacerbate immunologic (allergic) reactions, cause toxic effects, or cause infections. The ability of the body to fight off infectious diseases may be weakened resulting in opportunistic infections.
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For Cleaner And Healthier Indoor Air Environment

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:11:34 +0000

The Air In Your Enviroment Could Be Making You Sick!
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Indoor air pollution takes heavy toll on health

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:40:36 +0000

New WHO estimates provide country-by-country status
by World Health Orginization
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MOLD INVESTIGATION

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:27:27 +0000

What you can’t see, can harm you? Pictures of visible mould growing in various surfaces. In indoor, if the mold airborne spores concentrations are in high counts, it can trigger allergies to sensitise individual
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How much can poor IAQ cost? Good IAQ pays for itself……

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:09:51 +0000

Indoor air pollution has a great impact annually in lost productivity, direct medical care, lost earnings and employee sick days.
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The Goal of Allergen Avoidance – Source Control

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:59:44 +0000

Source control is the key to reducing allergenic symptom. You can’t completely eliminate exposure to microbial allergen all the time, but the goal to reduce reservoirs or amplification surfaces to a level that does not induce sensitization.
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Health Concerns In Indoor Environment

adminia — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:50:44 +0000

The indoors environments has a great impact on our health.
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