Author: Home Environment Committee (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Technical groupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Final Report Indoor Air Pollution and Human Health Effects
Author: Home Environment Committee (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Technical groupPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Inside Story
Author: Indoor Air Pollution
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indoor air pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality
Author: Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN:
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This book presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from risks due to a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered in this review, i.e. benzene, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, naphthalene, nitrogen dioxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (especially benzo[a]pyrene), radon, trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, have indoor sources, are known in respect of their hazardousness to health and are often found indoors in concentrations of health concern. The guidelines are targeted at public health professionals involved in preventing health risks of environmental exposures, as well as specialists and authorities involved in the design and use of buildings, indoor materials and products. They provide a scientific basis for legally enforceable standards.
Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309209412
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The indoor environment affects occupants' health and comfort. Poor environmental conditions and indoor contaminants are estimated to cost the U.S. economy tens of billions of dollars a year in exacerbation of illnesses like asthma, allergic symptoms, and subsequent lost productivity. Climate change has the potential to affect the indoor environment because conditions inside buildings are influenced by conditions outside them. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health addresses the impacts that climate change may have on the indoor environment and the resulting health effects. It finds that steps taken to mitigate climate change may cause or exacerbate harmful indoor environmental conditions. The book discusses the role the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should take in informing the public, health professionals, and those in the building industry about potential risks and what can be done to address them. The study also recommends that building codes account for climate change projections; that federal agencies join to develop or refine protocols and testing standards for evaluating emissions from materials, furnishings, and appliances used in buildings; and that building weatherization efforts include consideration of health effects. Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health is written primarily for the EPA and other federal agencies, organizations, and researchers with interests in public health; the environment; building design, construction, and operation; and climate issues.
Air Pollution : Prior Indoor Air Quality Problems at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Indoor Pollutants
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Discusses pollution from tobacco smoke, radon and radon progeny, asbestos and other fibers, formaldehyde, indoor combustion, aeropathogens and allergens, consumer products, moisture, microwave radiation, ultraviolet radiation, odors, radioactivity, and dirt and discusses means of controlling or eliminating them.
Final Report: Risk assessment and risk management in regulatory decision-making
Author: United States. Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Indoor Air Pollution
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788130846
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Will help health professionals diagnose an individual's signs and symptoms that could be related to an indoor air pollution problem. Arranged according to pollutant group: environmental tobacco smoke, other combustion products, animal dander, molds, dust mites, other biologicals, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals (lead and mercury), sick building syndrome, and asbestos and radon. Provides diagnostic leads to help determine causes of each health problem. Answers common questions patients may have. Resources for health professionals and patients.
Indoor Air and Human Health
Author: Richard B. GammagePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351090372
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The data have been presented in forms that can best permit evaluations of health implications. Alternatively, the data help us identify gaps in knowledge that need to be filled before such evaluations can be made. The pollutant classes are examined from viewpoints such as measurement and source characterization, habitat studies, health effects, risk analysis, and future needs.