READ: EPA Summary of Residential Air Cleaners

READ: EPA Summary of Residential Air Cleaners

(4 RC) - This document provides general information about the types of pollutants affected by air cleaners, and discusses the types of air-cleaning devices and technologies available, metrics that can be used to compare air-cleaning devices, the effectiveness of air-cleaning devices in removing indoor air pollutants, and information from intervention studies on the effects that air cleaners can have on health and on health markers.

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READ: NIOSH Preventing Occupational Respiratory Disease

READ: NIOSH Preventing Occupational Respiratory Disease

(2 RC) - This Alert describes the respiratory problems that occupants may experience from exposures in damp buildings, presents summary information on outbreaks of building-related respiratory disease, and provides recommendations on how to identify, respond to, and prevent building dampness and related respiratory symptoms and disease.

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READ: Final Report on an Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment of Residences Containing Chinese Drywall (Part 2 of 4)

READ: Final Report on an Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment of Residences Containing Chinese Drywall (Part 2 of 4)

(4 RC) - This document is a report on a CPSC investigation prompted by consumer complaints of air quality problems due to Chinese drywall. The study assessed the environmental conditions in homes with “Chinese drywall” to determine if those conditions could contribute to the health symptoms and material degradation being reported by some residents.

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READ: Final Report on an Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment of Residences Containing Chinese Drywall (Part 1 of 4)

READ: Final Report on an Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment of Residences Containing Chinese Drywall (Part 1 of 4)

(4 RC) - This document is a report on a CPSC investigation prompted by consumer complaints of air quality problems due to Chinese drywall. The study assessed the environmental conditions in homes with “Chinese drywall” to determine if those conditions could contribute to the health symptoms and material degradation being reported by some residents.

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