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 Carl Grimes — My last opinion column was in IE Connections about eight years ago, relating my embarrassingly rookie-like mistakes with an evil crawlspace. Although my writing stopped, I didn’t stop my activities in the IEQ industry. Times change, as have my focus that started with an eye-opening twist when I was sued. Before
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
The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers’ (CIBSE) offers a download page for their latest information on COVID-19 recommendations. Emerging from lock down is a series of documents available as free downloads below. These currently cover: Ventilation Air cleaning technologies (and Relative Exposure Index Calculator). Safely re-occupying buildings Recommissioning of lifts and escalators post lock
Healthy Indoors LIVE Show on July 29, 2021 with guest, Carl Grimes. The terrain of IAQ has not improved. If anything, it’s even more confusing and riskier for the clients. The necessity of guardrails is greater than ever. The need for parachutes is beginning. We discussed IAQ/IEQ from both the commercial/residential client’s perspective, as well
Our second installment of our new #ISIAQ – #IEQ_GA monthly show will feature Dr. David Krause for a discussion about how the quality of water may be adversely affecting our indoor environments. Watch the live stream from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT (UTC -4) on Monday July 26, 2021 or video/podcast after at: https://global.healthyindoors.com/c/indoor-environments/indoor-environments-episode-2
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Given there is still a major focus on disinfection in the current environment, how and where do probiotic cleaners fit in?How is sanitizing and disinfection a 2-step process, and where can probiotic cleaners help disinfectants work better? That’s the topic on this week’s Healthy Indoors LIVE Show with our guest, Graeme Marsh. Watch the live
Exposure to environmental hazards happens almost exclusively in homes. How can we help health systems address the environmental exposures that are often the root causes of the health problems they are trying to treat. They are starting to focus on community impacts on health and developing strategies to work with professionals in communities. Are you
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Don’t miss out on our June 2021 USA-Edition! You can read it now at: https://hi.healthyindoors.com/i/1387541-hi-june-2021-usa/
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