Consumer Resources:
- CMHC – About Your House: General Series
- CDC – Environmental Health
- RIA – Restoration industry Association
- CDC – Home Page
- ACGIH – American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- AIHA – American Industrial Hygiene Association
- DOE – Building America Solution Center
- IAQA – Indoor Air Quality Association
- CIRI – Cleaning Industry Research Institute
- EPA – Indoor Air Quality
- EPA – Energy Star Program
- WHO – Environmental Health
- IICRC – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification
Links:
- Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
- Building Science
- EPA
- EPA BASE Study
- NADCA
- R & R Magazine
- The US EPA Indoor airPLUS Program
- The Federal Interagency Committee on Indoor Air Quality
- Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
- Consumer Product Safety Commission Drywall Information
- Chinese Drywall Information Blog courtesy Will Spates
- Commonwealth of Virginia Mold Inspection and Remediation Licensing Law
- NCHH – State Laws Related to Healthy Homes
- CDC/NCHH – Healthy Housing Reference Manual
- Hughes Specialty Contracting
- ROCIS – Reducing Outdoor Contaminants in Indoor Spaces
U.S. Government Accountability Office Indoor Mold:
State Mold Laws:
- Get the Florida document “Florida Mold Licensing Law“
- Get the document “Exclusive IAQ Radio Q&A on the Florida Mold Law“
- Get the Arkansas document “Mold Investigation Law”
- Get the Texas document “Texas Mold Assessment and Remediation Rules“
- Get the Maryland document “Business Regulation – Mold Remediation Services – Licensing“
- Get the Louisiana document “Mold Remediation Law”
- Get the Virginia document “Mold Inspection and Remediation Licensing Law”
National Library of Medicine Resources:
- http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/ (National Library of Medicine’s Specialized Information Services Division)
- http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro.html (National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services Division’s Environmental Health & Toxicology Home Page)
- http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/indoorairpollution.html (National Library of Medicine MedlinePlus “Indoor Air Pollution” Web Page)
- http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/indoorairpollution.html (National Library of Medicine “Enviro-Health Links – Indoor Air” Web Page
- http://www.fic.nih.gov/ResearchTopics/Pages/IndoorAirPollution.aspx (NIH Indoor Pollution Information and Resources)
- http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/hurricanesandy.html (National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Research Center “Hurricane Sandy: Health-related Resources” Home Page)
- http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/ (National Library of Medicine “Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) Home Page
Documents:
- Get a copy of The IAQ Training Institute Contractor’s Guide to Certification
- Get a copy of the document from the Institute for Research & Construction –
Testing Effectiveness of Duct Cleaning - Get a copy of the document from James A Scott, Ph.D. The Past, Present & Future of Indoor Microbiology
- Get a copy of the document from the California Department of Public Health – “Statement on Building Dampness, Mold, and Health“
- Get a copy of the Air Quality Sciences Document “Myths and Facts About Ozone in Indoor Environments“
- Get a copy of the Air Quality Sciences Document “Bad Odors Are a Warning Sign of IAQ Troubles“
- Get a copy of the document describing the “Hong Kong IAQ Rating System”
- Get the US department of Education’s document on “Multiple Chemical Sensitivities”
- Guide of respiratory protection against bioaerosols, Recommendations on its selection and use
- Get a copy of the US EPA’s document “Should you have the air ducts in your home cleaned?”
- Get the Canadian DOH’s document “Residential indoor air quality guideline for molds”
- Get a copy of the document “The Medical Perspective on Environmental Sensitivities”
- Get a copy of the 2008 revision of the NYC “Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments”
- Get the document “2009 – National Center for Healthy Housing, Housing Interventions and Health: A Review of the Evidence”
- Get the OSHA Standard “Assigned Protection Factors for the Revised Respiratory Protection Standard”
- Get Dr. Shoemaker’s document “Innate immunity, MR spectroscopy, HLA DR, TGF beta-1, VIP and capillary hypoperfusion define acute and chronic human illness acquired following exposure to water-damaged buildings“
- Get Dr. Shoemaker’s document “Exposure to Interior Environments of Water-Damaged Buildings Causes a CFS-like Illness in Pediatric Patients: a Case/Control Study“
- Get the Wane A. Baker P.E, CIH paper “Why do people get sick in damp buildings?“
- Get a copy of Carl Grimes’ resource document “Industry Handout“
- Get a copy of Bud Offermann’s article in the ASHRAE Journal “The Hazards of E-Cigarettes”
- PREVENTING HARM TO THE BUILDING ENCLOSURE
- ATP Testing: Use and Misuse in the Restoration Industry
- ROCIS – Cooking Activities Compromise Indoor Air Quality: A Good Range Hood Can Improve Your Family’s Health
