Carrier's Infinity(TM) Air Purifier Wins Connecticut Quality Improvement Award
by Carrier
FARMINGTON, Conn., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrier Corp., a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is a 2007 Gold Winner of the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Partnerships' Innovation Prize for its Infinity(TM) Air Purifier. Carrier ranked among the top 20 of the more than 100 contenders.
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Chronic Fatigue No Longer Seen as ‘Yuppie Flu’
by David Tuller, NY Times
For decades, people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome have struggled to convince doctors, employers, friends and even family members that they were not imagining their debilitating symptoms. Skeptics called the illness “yuppie flu” and “shirker syndrome.”
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Flooding troubles North Knoxville apt. complex with mold problems
by wate.com
KNOXVILLE (WATE) -- There's more trouble at a North Knoxville apartment complex that's already lost two tenants to a mold problem.6 On Your Side investigated those mold problems at Lion's Den Apartments earlier in July.
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Govt drafting code for indoor air quality
by thestar.com
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government is in the final stages of drafting an international standard for Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) into the nation’s building codes and practices.
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Jury awards teacher compensation for mold exposure
by www.wmdt.com
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - A jury has found that a Montgomery County teacher is entitled to receive worker's compensation from the state after she said mold in a portable classroom drove her from her job.
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Jury Backs Teacher Who Says Room Made Her Ill
by Daniel de Vise, Washington Post
A jury has found in favor of a teacher who said she was driven from her job by mold in a portable classroom at a school.Jurors in state Circuit Court found Thursday that Shirley Washington, who taught English at Banneker Middle School, contracted an occupational disease and is entitled to worker's compensation from the state, according to her attorney, Bruce M. Bender.
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