WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Environmental Fate & Transport

WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Environmental Fate & Transport

(1.0 RC) - This video continues training on 40 CFR part 158W including a broad overview of environmental fate and transport processes such as chemical degradation, microbial degradation, intermedia transport, and wastewater treatment plant fate. The presentation also discusses environmental fate data requirements..

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WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Toxicology

WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Toxicology

(1.0 RC) - This training video discusses mammalian toxicology data requirements for antimicrobial pesticides under 158W including how to determine the data requirements, examples for direct food, indirect food, and non-food uses, test notes and alternative approaches to fulfilling these data requirements.

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WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Overview

WATCH: EPA - Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides - Overview

(1.0 RC) - This video provides an introduction to the EPA training series on 40 CFR Part 158W: Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides final rule. Topics include general background information, scientific disciplines addressed in 158W, 12 major use patterns for antimicrobials, 158W implementation, and implications for ecology and human health.

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READ: - Stachybotrys mycotoxin production on various building materials

READ: - Stachybotrys mycotoxin production on various building materials

(1 RC) - Mold growth in the indoor environment can generally cause allergic, infectious, or toxic symptoms in humans. It is conceivable, that spores or mycelium might potentially serve as fungal fragments for indoor air contamination in the course of the aerosolization process and that inhalation exposure along this route can lead to adverse health effects… (Indoor Air, 2020)

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READ: Endotoxin and (1--3)-beta-D-Glucan in Homes and Farms

READ: Endotoxin and (1--3)-beta-D-Glucan in Homes and Farms

(1 RC) - This study compares the proportions of PM1 endotoxin and 1-3-beta-D-glucan in homes compared to farms. The study emphasizes the importance of conducting size-selective air sampling for microbial exposure assessment in homes. Personal exposure to microbial biomarkers including gram-negative bacterial endotoxin…(Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2011)

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READ: (1--3)-beta-D-Glucan and Indoor Air-Related Effects

READ: (1--3)-beta-D-Glucan and Indoor Air-Related Effects

(1 RC) - This paper reviews field studies in which (1-3)-beta-D-Glucan was measured as a marker to characterize the extent of symptoms and measures of inflammation among subjects exposed to indoor mold. Many studies show a relationship between symptoms and a history of dampness or flooding of buildings…(Environmental Health Perspectives, 1999)

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READ: HUD - Healthy Homes Issues: Residential Assessment

READ: HUD - Healthy Homes Issues: Residential Assessment

(4 RC) - This background paper addresses the assessment of all types of hazards that may exist in homes, including biological, chemical, physical, structural, and behavioral. It introduces the reader to methods to assess for health and safety hazards, and discusses widely available visual assessment…(HUD, 2012)

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READ: NIOSH - HHE Fayette County Courthouse

READ: NIOSH - HHE Fayette County Courthouse

(4 RC) - This HHE conducted by the CDC and NIOSH investigates the air quality of a county courthouse in Fayette county, looking for mold and other noxious air quality influencers. Employees had reported a variety of health concerns: headaches, nausea, tiredness, nasal and sinus symptoms, vomiting, burning eyes, sore throats, breathing problems, coughing, ear infections…(NIOSH, 2002)

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READ: NIOSH - HHE Teletech

READ: NIOSH - HHE Teletech

(1 RC) - This HHE conducted by NIOSH and the CDC investigates a Teletech call center building to monitor and adjust the indoor environmental quality. Primary health concerns were: frequent sinus infections, respiratory infections, indoor allergies of unknown origin, hives, and skin rashes. Listed exposures included air fresheners, dirty air ducts and vents…(NIOSH, 2004)

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READ: NIOSH - HHE Health Science Center

READ: NIOSH - HHE Health Science Center

(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)

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READ: NIOSH - HHE Justice Court Building

READ: NIOSH - HHE Justice Court Building

(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)

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READ: NIOSH - HHE Behavioral Health Hospital

READ: NIOSH - HHE Behavioral Health Hospital

(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)

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