This Guide provides information and guidance for homeowners and renters on how to clean up residential mold problems and how to prevent mold growth. Molds are part of the natural environment. Outdoors, molds play a part in nature by breaking down dead organic matter such as fallen leaves and dead trees, but indoors, mold growth
Are You Planning to Buy or Rent a Home Built Before 1978? Did you know that many homes built before 1978 have lead-based paint? Lead from paint, chips, and dust can pose serious health hazards. Read this entire brochure to learn: • How lead gets into the body • About health effects of lead •
Radon is the second cause of lung cancer in the general population, after smoking. Epidemiological studies have provided convincing evidence of an association between indoor radon exposure and lung cancer, even at the relatively low radon levels commonly found in residential buildings. However, efforts to act on this information and to reduce the number of
Reduce Radon Levels In Your Home Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers and the second leading cause of lung cancer for the general population. The Surgeon General and EPA recommend testing for radon and reducing radon in homes that have high levels. Fix your home if your radon level is confirmed
This document was developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indoor Environments Division. It provides practical guidance on how to control moisture in buildings. It is not a textbook, code or standard. Who Should Read this Guide This guide can be used by anyone who designs, builds, operates or maintains buildings and heating, ventilating and
DayByon McIntyre, 2, reacts after the fact as a Multnomah County Health Department worker draws his blood for lead testing. The second of two lead testing clinics put on by the Multnomah County Health Department took place Tuesday night at Creston. By Molly Harbarger | The Oregonian/OregonLive Email the author | Follow on Twitter on
Stoughton MA – April 18, 2016 – Particles Plus announced the launch of their new 5301-AQM and 5302-AQM Air Quality Monitors. Their small size and wall mount design lends to fixed installations for high accuracy air quality investigations. The instruments both measure particle matter (PM), temperature, humidity, and CO2. The Model 5302 also utilizes a
Apr 1, 2016 ATLANTA – Multifamily units in all types of buildings are now covered in the scope of ASHRAE’s residential indoor air quality standard, marking one of the biggest changes to the recently published 2016 version. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2016, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings, defines the roles of and minimum
Indoor airPLUS Builder Platform: Apple, Android EPA Data Source: Indoor airPLUS Home builders and verifier partners in the field at new home construction sites have easy access to the tools and resources of EPA’s Indoor airPLUS program. Builders and Raters can use the app to review the Indoor airPLUS Construction Specifications and complete and email
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/i-team/154695282-story By: Randy Travis Posted:Jun 06 2016 08:05PM EDT Updated:Jun 06 2016 11:14PM EDT Gainesville, Ga. – She thought she’d have no trouble one day selling her 10,000 square foot home in a gated community, complete with a beautiful view of Lake Lanier. Instead, a Hall County widow ran afoul of her tenant, a man
