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Indoor Air Quality
This category will include sites that address, discuss, identify, offer services & or advice on "Indoor Air Quality". A variety of compounds can pollute & contaminate the indoor air quality of a home, office or building from molds and bioaerosols to combustion by-products like tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, soot, PAHs & VOCs - most can cause serious health problems and property damage. Sites in this category deal with any of these issues.
Sites in Indoor Air Quality
EPA's Indoor Air Quality
Information for homeowner, schools, commercial buildings and environmental professional on indoor air quality. Extensive links to sites.
Building Air Quality's Indoor Air Quality Resource Site
Consulting firm provides information on a wide range of IAQ topics, including sick building syndrome, mold, fungi, air duct cleaning, ozone generators, and investigation of indoor air.
The Inside Story - A Guide to Indoor Air Quality
EPA's booklet on IAQ.
Residential Air-Cleaning Devices - A Summary of Available Information
EPA's booklet on indoor air cleaning devices for the home.
American Lung Association report on Air Cleaning Devices
Residential Air Cleaning Devices: Types, Effectiveness, and Health Impact.
Homeowners Candle Soot Damage Discussion Board
This message board is for the discussion of problems associated with candle soot deposition in homes. Exchange of mitigation or clean up techniques, health concerns, identification of brands & types of candles is encouraged.
California Indoor Air Quality Program
From the California Department of Health Services. Lots of info. Great factsheets: mold, classrooms and air quality, asbestos, hazards of ozone-generating air cleaning devices, and selecting an indoor air quality consultant.
Homepage of Professor Richard Corsi
Information about our air quality research program at The University of Texas at Austin.
Indoor Air Quality
Advice on ways to improve the air quality inside your home or place of business.
You Are What You Breathe
A candid discussion of the use of ozone for indoor air purification and state-of-the-art air purifiers.
Sick Building Syndrome and You
Symptoms, hazards, remedies, links to other informative sites and a personal account of the disease.
Indoor Environment Notebook
An expert answers questions related to indoor air pollution, sick building syndrome, and irritants. Includes a 'question of the week' section.
Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes
Basic information for consumers on indoor air quality in their homes. Sponsored by US EPA and other organizations.
American Indoor Air Quality Council
A non-profit organization for indoor air quality professionals and technicians. Offers IAQ training and certification.
Residential Indoor Air Quality
Comprehensive guide. Pollutants and their sources are identified along with known health effects, exposure guidelines and pollutant control strategies.
Risk Management Internet Services - Indoor Air
Providing paid subscribers with a directory of indoor air quality materials on subjects including sick building syndrome and legionella.
Mold, Mildew, Fungus and Other Indoor Quality Problems
Provides links to resources that "provide information on maintaining good indoor air quality and eliminating problems associated with mold and mildew."
Indoor Air Quality - Tata Energy Research Institute
Information and analysis on indoor air quality in India and other developing countries including indoor air quality in commercial buildings, biomass cooking fuels, and in-vehicle exposure.
International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
Non-profit organization whose purpose is to address indoor air quality. Founded in 1992 by 109 international scientists.
IAQ List
Mailing list discusses issues and concerns regarding "Indoor Air Quality" including the identifcation and mitigation of contaminants.
Smoking and Indoor Air Quality
Health Canada factsheet. "Indoor air can become contaminated from many sources, but the most harmful and widespread contaminant of indoor air is tobacco smoke."
ACDoctor - Indoor Air Quality in Your Home
About identifying, preventing and correcting IAQ problems in residential settings. Commercial site.
Consumer Information: Reducing Indoor Air Pollution
Brochure covers sources of indoor air pollution and what you can do about each source.
CEC Consultants, Inc. - Indoor Air Quality FAQ
Introduction to IAQ and sick building syndrome.
Toxic Mold Resource Center
Information and advice about molds and mycotoxins in buildings, concerns, and potential solutions. Includes links to articles and helpful home owner information.
The Indoor Air Quality Association
Nonprofit organization conducting education and research. Offers professional training, testing, and credentials in air quality and mold remediation fields. Includes organization information and links to related sites.
Smoking and Ventilation Standards
Do ventilation systems remove secondhand smoke from indoor air, or just the odor? Information from Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights.
Greenguard Environmental Institute
A scientific, third party board to establish environmental standards for indoor products and building materials. Aims to improve public health and quality of life by encouraging and helping manufacturers to build better, safer products and to uphold environmental practices in product development, manufacturing, and distribution.
The Turmoil Over Mold in Buildings
New York Times article provides a discussion of health and legal (US) concerns related to mold and mildew and gives advice to homeowners and building managers. [Requires free registration.]
Mold Tips
National Association of Homebuilders provides advice on testing, prevention, and control.
Ohio Toxic Mold and IAQ Information
Information on toxic mold, asbestos, radon, lead and other indoor air quality issues |
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