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Toxic Home Syndrome

Toxic Home Syndrome

Toxic Home Syndrome: How The Air in Your Home Could Be Making You Ill The air within your home may be increasing your risk of heart disease, asthma and cancer. Do You Have Toxic Home Syndrome?  Toxic Home Syndrome is the residential counterpart to Sick Building Syndrome and it occurs […]

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Why Test Your Air Quality – Infographic

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January 23, 2015

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Air Quality Tips, health effects, Indoor Air Pollution

Why Test Your Air Quality – Infographic

A handy infographic on why you should consider testing your indoor air quality.

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Vapor Intrusion & Your Home

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January 8, 2015

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Air Quality Tips, health effects, Indoor Air Pollution, Radon, VOC's

Vapor Intrusion & Your Home

Is Vapor Intrusion Causing Health Issues in Your Home? Vapor intrusion problems can arise in almost any type of building.  Particularly if the structure has been built in an area with contaminated groundwater or soil beneath it.  Regardless of how long ago the contamination occurred, it could be impacting to […]

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Is it a “Food Coma” or Something Else?

Is it a “Food Coma” or Something Else?

Tips to Help You Feel Jolly After Your Holiday Feast – Is It A “Food Coma” or Something Else? We’ve all been there…We can’t move! We feel warm, cozy and sleepy after our over-sized holiday dinner enjoyed by more family and friends than our dining room can hold! The food is […]

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Exposure limit for fungal spores?

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April 23, 2012

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health effects, Mold

I was doing some reading today and I came across a paper looking at the dose-response relationship between fungal spores and various health effects. Here is a quote from their conclusions: “In conclusion, the combined evidence from human challenge and epidemiological studies support fairly consistent LOELs [lowest observed effect levels] of approximately [100,000] spores/m3 for […]

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