Chevy Chase, MD – The Environmental Information Association is proud to announce the establishment of the EIA Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit supporting education and community service projects in the environmental health and safety field. The Environmental Information Association established its EIA Scholarship Fund in 2012 to support education among EIA Members and their immediate
By Jeff May — from his August 2022 May’s Ways column in Healthy Indoors Magazine The sources of indoor air quality problems can be within the components of the building including mechanical systems, crawlspaces, and basements. Many IAQ problems, however, arise from what building occupants bring into a building envelope (what I call Trojan Horses).
Healthy Indoors LIVE Show 8-11-22 with guest Tom Laubenthal What You NEED to Know About #Asbestos is tomorrow’s topic on our show with guest, Tom Laubenthal. Join the conversation LIVE Thurs. August 11 from 1-2 PM EDT (UTC-4) or watch after at: https://global.healthyindoors.com/c/healthy-indoors-live-show/8-11-22 The Healthy Indoors LIVE Show brings you the information you need! Each
Thursday July 28, 2022, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT (UTC -4) That’s the topic for this week’s Healthy Indoors LIVE Show when we welcome our guest, Bud Offermann. He recently gave a presentation on SPF at ISIAQ‘s Indoor Air 2022 in Kuopio, Finland. Bud Offermann has 35 years experience as an IAQ researcher, IAQ investigator,
By Carl Grimes — This is a true story. The names are not used to protect both the guilty and the innocent. I remember the details well because the events occurred over a 36-hour period just a day before I started writing this article. A couple I had been occasionally working with remotely texted me
Environmental Protection Agency —April 5, 2022 Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to protect people from asbestos exposure by releasing a proposed rule to prohibit ongoing uses of Chrysotile asbestos, the only known form of asbestos currently imported into the U.S. This proposed rule is the first-ever risk management
By Allison Bailes III, Ph.D. — The DIY box fan air cleaner known as the Corsi-Rosenthal Box (or the Comparetto Cube, in a slight variation) has really taken off in the fight against COVID. I wrote about it here in September 2020, with instructions on how to make one yourself after I made my first
By Jeffrey C. May — When occupants experience specific symptoms inside a building and feel better when they are away from the building, and their symptoms are not caused by a specific illness, the building could be called a “sick building.” The symptoms that people experience in such a building can be called “sick building
By Jeffrey C. May– I’ve worked with many clients who spent thousands of dollars unnecessarily. In one situation, a woman was told that her basement was full of mold growth and that she should immediately move out of her house. She was given an estimate of about $3,000 to “de-mold” her basement. She moved into
The Healthy Schools Network is sponsoring a webinar this Thursday August 12th at 3:00 PM EDT (UTC -4) that will live stream simulcast on the Healthy Indoors Online Global Community. You can watch live during the event, or catch the recording after at: https://global.healthyindoors.com/c/school-iaq/schools-energy-savings-and-healthy-indoors-air Back to School Day of Action: Clean Air in Every School
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