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The New Online Issue of Healthy Indoors Magazine is Here!

HVAC Hygiene for IAQ: Getting Your DUCTS in a Row Healthy Indoors Magazine’s February 2017 digital edition is available online now, at HealthyIndoors.com, featuring a cover story on HVAC hygiene and air duct cleaning.  Additional features include, “Case Studies on Building Odors”, “The Polluted Brain: Evidence builds that dirty air causes Alzheimer’s, dementia”,  and “Impact

  • March 1, 2017
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Indoor Radon: Test & Protect

By Bob Wood Radon causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths in the U.S. and 3,200 lung cancer deaths every year in Canada. If I were to tell you that scientists in Canada and the U.S. have developed inexpensive methods to test for radon, that building scientists have developed methods to fix a building with elevated levels,

  • February 11, 2017
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National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and EPA sign an MOU

The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the EPA Office of Research and Development. The purpose of the MOU is to facilitate cooperation and coordination between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (EPA-ORD) and NEHA. Through this MOU, NEHA and EPA-ORD will have the opportunity to

  • January 30, 2017
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Interview with Safe Food Champion, Robyn O’Brien

By Diane MacEachern on November 17, 2016 It was at the emergency room that former food industry analyst turned passionate food activist, and mother of four, Robyn McCord O’Brien learned just how serious food allergies can be. When her youngest daughter had a violent allergic reaction, everything changed for Robyn. She started researching food allergens,

  • January 23, 2017
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Can we rely on DIY air pollution sensors?

Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst Until recently, measuring air pollution was a task that could be performed only by trained scientists using very sophisticated – and very expensive – equipment. That has changed with the rapid growth of small, inexpensive sensors that can be assembled by almost anyone. But an important question remains:

  • January 4, 2017
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Final National Formaldehyde Standard Issued by EPA

The goal of the standard is to help protect the public from harmful emissions Click here to read the EPAs full Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products. On December 12th the Environmental Protection Agency published the final standards, for products containing composite wood (hardwood plywood, particleboard, and medium-density fiberboard), limiting their emissions of formaldehyde.

  • December 22, 2016
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Specific Fungal Allergen, Does it Really Matter?

Development and exacerbation of allergic disease can be promoted by exposure and sensation to allergens. Indoor allergens such as animal dander, dust mites, and mold have been reported to associate with allergic disease. In indoor and outdoor environment both fungal spores and particles are widely distributed, and exposure has been shown to, in individuals who

  • December 6, 2016
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