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  • IAQ - indoor air quality



    • Related Articles
  • CDC--Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Conference: Critical Operations: upporting the Healing Environment through IAQ Performance Standards
  • Healthy building
  • HIP - Healthy Indoors Partnership
  • Journal: American Journal of Public Health
  • Journal: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

    		• Concept:

    IAQ: Health

    IAQ problems can affect the health of occupants.

    "Indoor Air Pollution is America's Number One Environmental Health Concern" - Environmental Protection Agency to the U.S. Senate-November 1996

    This link was checked on Dec. 2006OSHA 1988 Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs)

    Pels are OSHA comments from the January 19, 1989 Final Rule on Air Contaminants Project extracted from 54FR2332 et. seq. This rule was remanded by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the limits are not currently in force.



    Web Links (20): Notes
      This link was checked on Dec. 2006AAP - AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
      Web site for "American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Achieving Healthy Indoor Environments in Canada
      "cross-Canada, multi-stakeholder consultation, strategy development and alliance building process for achieving healthy indoor environments in Canada"

      This link has not been checked.Aerias, LLC -
      "online resource to promoting better human health and better business through IAQ awareness. provides the latest news and comprehensive information on indoor environmental quality and its impact on human health."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Air Quality Sciences AQS
      An IAQ company "To evaluate and maintain acceptable air quality in indoor spaces,...". With good background information.

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006Airborne Allergens - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease's
      an online chapter on allergens

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Bioaerosols, Fungi and Mycotoxins, Ed. by Johanning, E.
      "papers presented at the September, 1998 Third International Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York. clinical and epidemiological studies and technical reports on an emerging public health topic affecting people in indoor environments at work and at home."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Can Do
      "aimed at industrial and institutional buildings and home air quality, including proper maintenance of furnaces and air conditioners.

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
      "an independent, non-profit organization that tests and certifies building materials and interior products for low chemical and particle emissions.", "based on the U.S. EPA purchasing standards, the State of Washington Indoor Air Quality program, and Germany's Blue Angel program, "

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006Health Related Papers at Indoor Air `99 ¨C What Is New and Interesting? An Overview
      "This paper summarizes important new contributions submitted among the many fine health-related papers presented at Indoor Air `99. "

      This link has not been checked.HealthySchools.com, Ontario, Canada
      "tool to help Ontario school boards identify, prevent, and remediate indoor environment problems that could otherwise affect children's health and learning adversely.", and many This link has not been checked.references

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) of EPA
      Information about IAQ, molds, Asthma, radon, etc.

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006Indoor Pollutants
      A very thorough essay on Indoor Pollutants; over 200 pages, Committee on Indoor Pollutants, Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards,Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research Council, NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS,Washington, D.C. 1981

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006Mediators of inflammation
      "Home page of the journal Mediators of Inflammation which focuses on research into cytokines, biological response modifiers and the family of cell adhesion-promoting molecules. "

      This link has not been checked.Mesothelioma Web
      A non-profit organization with a "comprehensive site on asbestos and mesothelioma for over ten years, providing information and support to those who have been exposed to asbestos. . . . HON (Health On the Net) code approval; . . . to guide people to accurate medical information and expertise online . . ."

      This link was broken when checked on Dec. 2006mold info at Environmental Testing & Technology
      "to provide an investigative and consulting service for indoor environmental problems in commercial and residential buildings"

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006NIEHS -National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
      "to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006OSH-DB Occupational Safety and Health Database
      "OSH-DBTM (Occupational Safety and Health Database) is a web accessible database with over 220,000 original abstracts covering virtually all aspects of the occupational safety and health field. Records contain original abstracts as well as complete bibliographic information."

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006SICK BUILDING SYNDROME: Causes, Effects and Control
      An online book on SBS

      This link was checked on Dec. 2006WHO -- World Health Organization
      "the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. WHO is governed by 192 Member States through the World Health Assembly. The Health Assembly is composed of representatives from WHO's Member States. The main tasks of the World Health Assembly are to approve the WHO programme and the budget for the following biennium and to decide major policy questions. "

      This link has not been checked.wondermakers.com articles on on health and safety
      articles concerning to "solve environmental, health, and safety problems."

    Related References (13)
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    Achieving Healthy Indoor Environments: A Review of Canadian Options, by Morton, I., 2002
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    Environmental health risk assessment guidelines for assessing human health risks from environmental hazards, by Health Council, 2002
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    Guidelines on assessment and remediation of fungi in indoor environments, by New York City Department of Health, 0
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    Healthy indoors - achieving healthy indoor environments in canada, Healthy Buildings, Healthy People: A Vision for the 21st Century, by Anon, 2002
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    Improved productivity and health from better indoor environments, by Fisk W. and Rosenfeld A., 1997
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    Improving the Health of Workers in Indoor Environments: Priority Research Needs for a National Occupational Research Agenda , by Mendell, M. J., Phd, M., Fisk, W. J., et al., 2002
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    Indoor air quality and health, by Jones, A.P, 1999
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    Indoor allergens: assessing and controlling adverse health effects, by Pope, A. M., Patterson, R. and Burge, H. (Eds), 0
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    NIOSH health hazard evaluation report: Somerset county assistance office, by Park, J., Goe, C. I. H. S., Choe, K. T., Akpinar-elci, M. and Kreiss, K., 2003
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    Perceived Air Quality: Investigation of the Non-Sensory Odor Assessment in Indoor Environments, by Schreiber, F.W., 2000
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    Risk of sick leave associated with outdoor air supply rate, humidification, and occupant complaints, by Milton, D. K., Markglencross, P. and Walters, M. D., 2000
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    Subjective perceptions, symptom intensity and performance: a comparison of two independent studies, both changing similarly the pollution load in an office , by Wargocki, L. L., Witterseh, T., Sundell, J., Wyon, D. P. and Fanger, P. O., 2002
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    Ventilation and health in non-industrial indoor environments: report from a European Multidisciplinary Scientific Consensus Meeting (EUROVEN), by Wargocki, P., Sundell, J., Bischof, W., Brundrett, G., Fanger, P. O., et al, 2002


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