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Indoor Air Quality: Don't Forget The Dust! Mold gets a lot of press. VOCs sound intriguing. Radon sounds scary. But what about the dust? After all, a 1,500-square-foot home generally produces about 40 pounds of dust a year! Naturally, a bigger home generates more. Other yucky stats: The average p...
01/30/2011
Toys And Lead Poisoning Lead dust and paint chips get a lot of the press when it comes to children and lead poisoning. But there is a growing threat that has nothing to do with pre-1978 homes or old paint on the wall or government lead-based paint warnings. The latest (and growing) threat are toy...
01/30/2011
Getting The Lead Out... Of The House If your house was built before 1978, and you are having a contractor come in and renovate, they must be lead-safe certified. But all this certification is intended to do is protect both the contractor and the occupants from lead dust exposure. So if you are go...
01/30/2011
Many Contractors Still Aren't Lead-Safe Certified In homes containing lead-based paint, certain renovation activities like sanding, cutting, and demolition will create hazardous lead dust, which can be harmful to both adults and children. But lead is particularly damaging to children. To protect ...
01/30/2011
Speechless Sunday: Inside The Bellagio I found some exquisite gardens with an Asian theme inside the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. As a history buff, I really enjoy the Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974. I thought the Bellagio's stab at their own Terracotta Army was pretty good representation. T...
01/30/2011
A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas for a convention. I'd never been there before, but one of my favorite movies, Oceans Eleven, had a great scene near the end of the group standing in front of The Bellagio while the fountains shot water hundreds of feet into the s...
01/30/2011
Why Is Indoor Air Quality So Important? It gets a lot of press, especially with the mold stories picked up in the news... but why are agencies and organizations concerned about the quality of indoor air? According to the EPA, most people spend more than 90% of their time indoors, with 65% of that...
01/23/2011
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"Toxic" Mold The term "toxic mold" is not accurate. While certain molds are toxigenic, meaning they can produce toxins, the molds themselves are not poisonous. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), six varieties of household mold are common and three can produce toxins. The common to...
01/23/2011
Unexpected Sources Of Humidity Other than comfort issues, high humidity can cause tremendous air quality problems –- and in extreme cases can even cause damage to the home or things inside the home. Some of the unexpected sources include:   Showers (a family of 4 can produce 1 quart of water vapo...
01/23/2011
Identifying Asbestos Asbestos is a mineral fiber that has been used commonly in a variety of building construction materials for insulation and as a fire-retardant. Both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Consumber Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have banned several asbestos products,...
01/23/2011
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