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June 28, 2006 Tightly built homes jeopardize air quality   Volume 1 Issue 221  
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Tightly built homes jeopardize air quality
by SHELLY SANDERS GREER, Toronto Star

While building "green" has been gaining momentum over the past few years, indoor air quality has actually taken a back seat. The level of energy efficiency in new homes has increased, and will continue to increase when the updated Ontario Building Code, requiring better energy efficiency, takes effect next year.
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Brooklyn patient had Legionnaires
by JORDAN LITE, Daily News

The bacteria that causes the potentially fatal illness was found in parts of the hospital's hot water system after the patient tested positive for the disease in May, said spokesman Ron Najman.
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Clean air saves lives
by Judy Rupp, Enidnews

You may or may not notice haze, but the pollutants in the air you breathe pose a sinister hazard that is painfully obvious to person with asthma. More than 152 million Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of pollutants in the air. Hazards include exhaust fumes from motor vehicles, smoke from burning fields and soot from indoor or outdoor wood burning.
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Company shuts doors due to disease
by KIM NORRIS, Detroit Free Press

The state's largest insurance company closed one of its downtown Detroit offices and gave 350 workers two paid days off after inspectors discovered the bacterium that causes Legionnaire's disease in the building's water supply.
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High humidity spawns mold
by Dennis O'Brien, Baltimore Sun

A distinct and disagreeable life form is quietly colonizing Maryland's rain-soaked homes and businesses. It's mold. The ubiquitous fungus -- distinctly different from plants and animals
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Jury Rejects Tenant's Injury Claims in Rhode Island Mold Trial
by Harris Martin Publishing

Calif. Supreme Court Declines Review of Excluded Sampling Data The court declined to review decisions on mold sampling data and a controversial mycotoxin antibody test.
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Rain goes, health risks arise
by TIFFANY ARNOLD, Herald Mail

As the floodwaters recede, a new set of worries has emerged amid cleanup efforts throughout Washington County this week. Health officials now are warning people about contaminated surface water and other health risks that have arisen in the aftermath of this week's flooding rains.
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Tests show Legionnaires' disease bacteria still in S.A. hospital's pipes, but reduced
by MyUSA.com

On May 1, Thomas DeChant checked into North Central Baptist Hospital for gastrointestinal bleeding. As the days stretched into weeks, he grew sicker, unable to breathe on his own
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Wegmans recalls dog food
by Star-Gazette

ROCHESTER – Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is voluntarily recalling a store brand of dog food because the product contains mold, the company announced today. The product is Wegmans 37.5-lb. Super Premium Adult Dog Food in the lamb and rice flavor with the product code 02-2007 SMJ048, the company said in a news release.
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Which of the following would NOT be considered a symptom of exposure to mold?

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