Healthy Indoor Environment First Step in Managing Allergic Diseases
by newswise.com
Taking steps to reduce indoor air pollution and maintain a healthy home or office is the best defense against allergic diseases including chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma, according to a team of experts presenting the latest research at the Healthy Indoor Environment Conference held in conjunction with the ACAAI Annual Meeting.
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Green Schools Offer Healthier Classrooms -- and Might Boost Test Scores
by Samantha Cleaver, Plenty Magazine
Every day, 20 percent of Americans wake up, eat breakfast, and walk, bike, or drive to school. Once there, many students and teachers spend their days in classrooms with walls covered in toxic paint, breathing congested air, and squinting from inadequate lighting.But as baby boomer-era school buildings become more and more outdated, many districts are building green schools to replace energy guzzling, polluted learning environments.
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Mold: A silent, dangerous threat to homes and health
by Reginald Roundtree, Tampa Bay's 10News
Clearwater, Florida – There are hundreds of thousands of dwellings in the Tampa Bay area. There are apartments, condos, townhouses and single family homes. And each and every one of them is a potential target of mold infestation.
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Ex-residents settle black mold lawsuit
by Brad Dicken, The Chronicle-Telegram
ELYRIA — Former tenants of the now-razed Aqua Marine Resort have settled a lawsuit against the resort’s former owners over black mold at the complex that they said caused respiratory problems in their 2-year-old twins in 2004.
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Healthwatch: Many Suffer Holiday Allergies
by nbc10.com
The holiday season can also be the allergy season for many people. Christmas trees may be the worst culprits. The mold on a live Christmas tree can bring weeks of suffering to some.
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