(1 RC) - In June 2001, a middle-aged couple with a history of smoking moved into a newly built, two-story, woodframed home with a finished basement and adjacent crawlspace on land that was formerly mined. Shortly after occupancy, the 42-year old woman noted new-onset shortness of breath, lightheadedness, dizziness, and fatigue while in the basement… (NIOSH, 2004)
(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH and the CDC investigates a health science center in response to reports of asthma and respiratory symptoms. Employees had expressed concerns about the air quality including the possibility that exposure to photographic chemicals leaking into the office space from the area above might have caused health effects experienced by employees…(NIOSH, 2004)
(2 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH and the CDC inspects a justice court building in response to anonymous complaints about the indoor environmental quality. Since occupying the building in 1999, employees reported headaches, itchy and burning eyes, chronic sinus infections, asthma, heart palpitations, and memory loss…(NIOSH, 2003)
(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates a behavioral health hospital in response to complaints about asthma and other respiratory symptoms. This was the second request for an evaluation since February 2004. The first request concerned respiratory symptoms and illnesses, including asthma, that workers felt could be related to possible mold contamination in the ventilation system…(NIOSH, 2005)
(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates the water problem discovered in the basement of an administration building in West Virginia.
(2 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH organized by the CDC investigates a youth development center, responding to complaints of asbestos and TB concerns in the occupants.
(2 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH organized by the CDC investigates a medical center as a result of complaints about odors and smells. Mold, and other indoor air issues were discovered.
(3 RC) - This HHE from the CDC studies the odors and surface residues in a medical center research facility and explores the options for the betterment of the indoor air quality.
(2 RC) - This HHE from the CDC shows an investigation of an outpatient medical building in West Virginia that shares its building with another company, and discusses the possible health risks that are prevalent in a shared office environment in the medical practice.
(4 RC) - This HHE from the CDC shows an investigation of an insect rearing facility and the response to complaints about possible exposure to chemical compounds that are potentially hazardous.
(3 RC) - This HHE from the CDC details an investigation of an elementary school's indoor air quality and the unexpected possible health concerns that could arise.
(4 RC) - This HHE form the CDC details an investigation of the cause of respiratory complaints at a waterpark such as chlorine and other disinfectant solutions commonly found in waterpark settings.
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