Posted by Efficiency First California on January 2, 2018 at 8:26pm In a previous blog, The Latest Trend in Home Performance: Why You Should Be Concerned, I expressed some concerns about a recent trend in home performance of contractors focusing on the health benefits of retrofits as the primary selling point for an upgrade. My
How Outdoor, Indoor Health Effects Became Story of Year By Susan Valenti Corliss With this issue of Healthy Indoors combining two months of information, we also had two different directions for a cover story. The options were how air quality can affect health for November, and the traditional year-end review for December. When we
The Thomas fire leaves a thick layer of smoke in Ventura on Friday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) by Soumya Karlamangla and Ruben Vives – Contact Reporters, Los Angeles Times A week of major wind-whipped fires across Southern California has caused significant air pollution and health problems. The air quality is worst in and
American Indian and Native Alaskan communities may be disproportionately affected by health problems associated with poor indoor air quality, such as lung cancer. However, many actions can be taken to improve IAQ in tribal communities to slowly begin to change those statistics. This Website can help you improve IAQ in your tribal community. You can
Frazer Harrison via Getty Images Ten of the victims, who ranged in age from 52 to 94, were hospitalized. Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Disneyland has shut down and decontaminated two cooling towers following an outbreak of Legionnaires disease that sickened 12 people, nine of them guests or employees at the theme
By Susan Valenti Corliss — Current International Trends Becoming a Thrilling & Agonizing Occupation We spend a lot of time here at Healthy Indoors focusing on what’s happening indoor environment-wise in the U.S., sometimes broadening our focus to Canada, Mexico, the islands, and even the United Kingdom. But as we grow as a publication,
October 26, 2017 — Healthy Indoors Magazine has just added an online, interactive discussion community to the publication’s digital monthly edition. The all-new, HI Reader Forum resides at https://HealthyIndoors.com/forum and is streamed into the digital portions of the magazine. New comment buttons will be located at the end of select articles each month, that will
By John Lapotaire, CIEC – October 22, 2017 – for Active Rain After the recent hurricanes we have found ourselves faced with the misclassification of rain water from the hurricane as Category 3 water (Cat 3). The classification of water is defined by the IICRC S500 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration
by Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) Treehugger.com – October 12, 2017 (Photo – Screen capture Neo in his cubicle in the Matrix. The air quality isn’t too good here, either) That’s where the air quality is so bad that it affects your ability to think properly or effectively. In his recent Wall Street Journal article Why Office
by Jack Springston– Healthy Indoors Magazine September 2017 Cover Story — It sometimes amazes me how people go about doing testing for indoor air quality surveys and then interpreting the data that they collect. Often, individuals will approach a problem with their own preconceived notions on what is causing the issue, and then go
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