New York, Ny –– Surficial samples were collected on Bio-Scan400™ for mold evaluation in buildings and homes. Bio-Scan400™ is a sample collection device for environmental surface sampling. Over six thousand five hundred Bio-Scan™ samples were collected over a period of five years (2004-2008) from...

ScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2008) — Mould toxins in buildings damaged by moisture are considerably more prevalent than was previously thought, according to new international research.

(Washington, D.C. – Dec.4, 2008) Eight school districts that are leading the way to prevent and solve indoor air quality problems in schools will be honored at the EPA’s Indoor Air Quality Tools for SchoolsNational Symposium in Washington, D.C., from Dec. 4-6, 2008.

American adults spend an average of 90 percent of their time indoors, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which lists poor indoor air quality as the fourth largest environmental threat to health in the country.

This 2008 document revises existing guidelines and supersedes all prior editions.

HOUMA — More than $3 million in federal grant money is available to repair two storm-damaged public-housing sites in Houma.

LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. –- Staff at Maury Regional Medical Center allege that an elderly man staying at a local rest home was so neglected he had mold growing out of his mouth.