Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health, but may not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant effects. Over the past several decades, our exposure to indoor air pollution is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the construction of more tightly sealed buildings, reduced ventilation rates to save energy, the use ...

In-depth article on Radon, from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), contains many links to other information resources on Radon.

IAQ - Indoor Air Quality Organization - IAQ-Training - IAQ-Certification - IAQ-Networking - IAQ-Newsletter ...

Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health, but may not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant effects. Over the past several decades, our exposure to indoor air pollution is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the construction of more tightly sealed buildings, reduced ventilation rates to save energy, the use of ...

Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LABORATORY BRANCH California INDOOR AIR QUALITY Program Program Description &amp Current Activities California Interagency Working Group on Indoor Air Quality (including Meeting Minutes) ANNOUNCEMENTS UPCOMING EVENTS & CONFERENCES ONGOING ACTIVITIES * ARB/DHS' California Portable Classrooms Study * Radon in ...

Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health, but may not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant effects. Over the past several decades, our exposure to indoor air pollution is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the construction of more tightly sealed buildings, reduced ventilation rates to save energy, the use ...

Site in French and English. Contains information on asbestos in the home and commercial buildings, reports and publications from the group, a newsletter, and information about the organization's goals and activities.

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) guidance for providing acceptable IAQ in commercial, industrial, and educational buildings.

Become an AARST Member! AARST represents your voice as we meet the wide range of challenges facing radon professionals and the community. AARST is a non-profit organization with a leadership that is democratically elected by the members. Furthermore, membership allows you to gain updated educational, technical and professional information that serves to enhance and expand opportunities while ...

WLA Home Asbestos Watch British Asbestos Newsletter Legal Information Publications News Reports Paul Safchuck's Alerts Jim Fite's Alerts WLA Alerts & News World Trade Center Health Links What's New at the White Lung Association Paul Safchuck's Alerts: Asbestos Safety Information Regarding the New York City World Trade Center Collapses Jim Fite's Alerts: European Parliament Endorses Asbestos ...

An organisation opposed to the use of all forms of asbestos which also aims to promote safe-removal and containment procedures and provide information for victims of asbestos-related diseases.

Radioactivity in Nature Our world is radioactive and has been since it was created. Over 60 radionuclides can be found in nature, and they can be placed in three general categories: Primordial - from before the creation of the Earth Cosmogenic - formed as a result of cosmic ray interactions Human produced - enhanced or formed due to human actions (minor amounts compared to natural) Radionuclides ...

The British Asbestos Newsletter is a quarterly publication which is distributed to victim support groups, public bodies, lawyers, solicitors, barristers, researchers, doctors, academics and environmentalists in over thirty countries. Initially the focus of our articles was on asbestos-related news in Britain but latterly European, Australian ...

Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination Residential Radon and Lung Cancer Case-Control Study Abbreviated findings Study methodology Questions and Answers about the Study Comments Concerning the Iowa Radon Lung Cancer Study and Future Directions Study Contact and Additional Radon Information May 25, 2000 THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City, Iowa 52242 UI study finds residential ...

Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can damage their health, but may not know that indoor air pollution can also have significant effects. Over the past several decades, our exposure to indoor air pollution is believed to have increased due to a variety of factors, including the construction of more tightly sealed buildings, reduced ventilation rates to save energy, the use ...

Damp or flooded basements, bathrooms with inadequate ventilation, ceilings after roof leaks and other areas of a home damaged by moisture can all create indoor air quality problems. Mold, mildew and fungus can growth in damp environment, and release spores and other allergens that impact indoor air quality.

In places where uranium is common in the soil, Radon is something that you hear about in the news all the time. Even though radon is ...

EA Group Environmental, Health and Safety Information and Resources ...

R.E.E.D. provides its users with the most current and usable residential energy efficiency and air quality information available ...

Sick Building Syndrome - Symptoms, hazards, remedies, links, and a personal account of the disease from United Healthcare Group, Uniprise, MetraHealth, United HealthGroup in Kingston, NY.

Read it Online - FREE! Risk Assessment of Radon in Drinking Water Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water, National Research Council 296 pages, 6 x 9, 1999. Commission on Life Sciences (CLS) More Titles from CLS Earth and Life Studies (DELS) Related Titles Press Release ISBN Binding List Price Web Discount Price Add to Shopping Cart 0-309-06292-6 hardcover 49.95 39.96 ...

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility Regroupement pour la surveillance du nucleaire Uranium: The Deadliest Metal by Dr. Gordon Edwards, President of CCNR This article appeared in Perception magazine, v. 10 n. 2, 1992 Bombs and Radioactive Waste Dying for a Living Radioactive Daughters Irrefutable Evidence Radioactive Homes Acceptable Doses Boosting the Cancer Rate Radioactive Smoke ...

Introducing the Radon Progeny (formerly called Radon Daughters) The chart below lists all of the decay products of radon gas (radon-222) in their order of appearance. They are called the radon progeny (formerly radon daughters ). Each radioactive element on the list gives off either alpha radiation or beta radiation -- and sometimes gamma radiation too -- thereby transforming itself into the ...

REDUCING INDOOR AIR POLLUTION Indoor Air Pollution: A Serious Public Health Problem This page updated May 2, 2001. We spend most of our time indoors surrounded by sources of air pollution: consumer products, gas appliances, building materials, cigarettes, and furniture can all contribute to the problem. Yet, the toxic emissions from many of these sources are not controlled or are only partially ...

Indoor Air Quality - Controlling Pollutants Related to Allergies, Asthma, and Sick Building Syndrome ...

Industrial Hygiene, Indoor Air : IAQ guides, checklists, fact sheets, sick building syndrome & more (rmis.com) Library ...

CEC provides innovative, high quality, and very specialized energy, utilities, building, and mechanical systems engineering services to major Fortune 100 industrial and large commercial and institutional clients. We start with a customer's problem that needs to be solved and not with a product that needs to be sold. In fact, we don't sell any equipment or control systems; we can be ...

Informative article on Radon from The Consumer Law Page, a legal information site.

A review of the PBS Nova Show on Sick Building Syndrome.