Feature: The connection between housing and health

Feature: The connection between housing and health

Tom Woolley, architect and author, explores the impact that building materials have on indoor air quality and consequently our health. The past couple of years have made us more aware of health issues than ever before, particularly in relation to our housing. Many people, forced to spend more time at home, may have wondered whether […]

Carrier Offers Ways to Build Confidence in Building Health | 2022-03-01

Carrier Offers Ways to Build Confidence in Building Health | 2022-03-01

Carrier Offers Ways to Build Confidence in Building Health | 2022-03-01 | ACHR News This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to […]

Mask Mandate Removals Emphasize Indoor Air Quality

Mask Mandate Removals Emphasize Indoor Air Quality

Contributed by AFFLINK As states drop mask mandates, some organizations are concerned government officials are moving too fast. To address this and prevent the spread of the coronavirus, these organizations are selecting advanced, disinfecting air-purifying systems for their facilities. Traditional air-purifying systems have internal fans that pull air through filters. The filters remove dust, soils, […]

ADPH grant will address environmental and safety hazards in low-income homes

ADPH grant will address environmental and safety hazards in low-income homes

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – A Huntsville mother of small children is upset with her apartment complex. She says that she and her children are getting sick from the mold where they live.   Management at the complex told her that there is very little that they could do because mold is in the air and she […]

Breathe Fresh – Design Middle East

Breathe Fresh – Design Middle East

How Blueair’s DustMagnet™ can ensure less dust and more clean indoor air at home   Words by Alexander Provins, Director EMEA, Blueair   Living in the Middle East, the risk of dust within the home is a cause for concern for both the health of our families as well as its cleanliness. A study by […]

Claims of mold issues at Arizona State University dorms

Claims of mold issues at Arizona State University dorms

TEMPE, AZ — Multiple families claim their children have fallen ill due to a mold issue inside Arizona State University dorms. ASU says that is not the case. So, ABC15 did some digging and spoke to a mom and dad who say their child, who goes to ASU, has been under specialists’ care for months. […]

Aerosol physicist Lidia Morawska calls for long-term measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic

Aerosol physicist Lidia Morawska calls for long-term measures to combat COVID-19 pandemic

The World Socialist Web Site spoke last week with Lidia Morawska, an acclaimed figure in the interdisciplinary field of air quality and its impact on human health. Based in Brisbane, Australia, she is currently a Distinguished Professor at the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and director of the […]