EAST POINT, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -
Managers at an apartment complex agree to relocate residents from moldy apartments after CBS Atlanta asks tough questions. A small fire last week in a top-floor unit of the Village Highlands Apartments activated the sprinklers in that unit and the two below it, forcing those residents to evacuate. Resident Sheena [...]
CBS Atlanta gets action for residents of moldy East Point apartments
Indoor Air Quality: Hospitals, healthcare facilities, the work place & home
The importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) is very critical in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Our homes and work places should be considered as well since we spend a considerable amount of time indoors. Although this article focuses in on the air quality in hospitals and healthcare facilities the information helps us to see on [...]
Radon found in your home is serious.
When did you last check for radon in your home? Could it be that you are afraid of the outcome? Better to find out that you don’t have dangerous radon levels than not find out at all; and if elevated possibly lose your life from radon exposure. According to the E.P.A. radon levels at 4 [...]
Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus.
Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a type of Gram-positive bacteria. It can often be found in the upper respiratory tract of humans, but as with many natural flora, it can become pathogenic under the right conditions and can cause pneumonia, paranasal sinusitis and meningitis. Until 2000, Streptococcus pneumoniae infections caused 100,000-135,000
hospitalizations for pneumonia, 6 million [...]
Pneumonia caused by bacteria from Legionella genus.
Doctors sometimes need to think outside the box. Think about that for a moment. At the doctors office you are probably feeling ill or even worse yet a young child is suffering, you finally get called, they take the patients temperature, blood pressure your weight, etc. and now your in what I call the holding tank. Finally, you hear the doctor [...]
“Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades”
New guidance will help ensure that home energy upgrades protect the health of Americans while saving energy and money. EPA has developed a new voluntary guidance document; Healthy Indoor Environment Protocols for Home Energy Upgrades that provides a set of best practices for improving indoor air quality in conjunction with energy
upgrade work in homes. The [...]
Is indoor air quality as bad as outdoors?
Until the 1970s indoor air quality in the non-industrial sector – in homes and work environments, for example – was neither particularly studied nor a subject of concern. What gave rise to awareness was the outbreak of diseases caused by exposure to asbestos, a group of minerals with insulation capacities and a resistance to heat [...]
Farm life tied to lower allergies. Why?
Children who grow up on a farm with pigs or cattle are only half as likely to develop asthma or allergies compared to those who grow up in a city, according to a new study. The study found that children in the countryside are subjected early in their lives to many microorganisms from the farm, [...]
Cold weather increases risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Winter is the season when the incidence of fires goes up, but on Thursday, when temperatures plummeted to 30 degrees, it was carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless gas, that killed two Kennesaw men. A generator was placed too close to the home after the electricity had been cut off for nonpayment. Two men died inside [...]
Indoor air quality challenges during the winter months.
When the winter winds start to howl, it’s a natural response to want to close your home up tightly. To stay warm and avoid wasting energy, you close the windows, or even seal them with window film — find ways to stop air from leaking in through cracks and under doors, and then put your [...]
