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STUDIES IN SUPPORT
Did you know?
- According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health and Health and Welfare Canada, lack of preventive maintenance
of equipment is the source of more than half of all indoor air
quality problems.
- During an investigation conducted by Health and Welfare Canada
in several office buildings, they discovered that in 21% of all
cases microbial contamination is the main factor leading to poor
indoor air quality.
- The World Health Organization estimates that 30% of all buildings
are affected by sick building syndrome.
- Tainted air costs $1.3 billion in medical bills and loss of
productivity in Québec each year.
- Ten percent of office towers contain high levels of mites.
- Allergies to mites cause complaints in one out of seven buildings.
Sources
- N.I.O.S.H., Indoor Air Quality; Selected References, Cincinnati,
Cleveland, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer, 1989.
J. Kirkbride, Health and Welfare Canada' experience in indoor
air quality investigation, Indoor Air'90, D. Walkinshaw, (ed.),
Ottawa, Canada, International Conference on Indoor Air and Climate,
Vol. 5, 1990, p. 99-196.
- Nathanson, T., Enquêtes sur la qualité de l'air
des bâtiments, 1987-1994, Summary Report, Public Works and
Government Services Canada , K1A 0M2, 1994.
- Margo Pfeiff, Sélection, January 1998.
- Rufiange Luc, Journal de Québec.
- Hung L-L et al. IAQ92 ASHRAE, Environments for People, Preprint,
1992.
- Janko M., et al., AIHA Journal, 56: 1133-1140, Nov. 1995.
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