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Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance Urges Asthma Prevention Through Proper Building Insulation
Lung Disease News SFPAlogo The trade association Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) is urging consumers, businesses, and builders in the U.S. to help prevent asthma and asthma-related attacks by using responsible building materials to lower rates of fossil fuel … |
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Building Industry Organization Urges American Consumers, Businesses and Builders to Assist in the Prevention of …
GlobeNewswire (press release) “Asthma can be a life threatening condition for many Americans and finding and implementing solutions for reducing asthma triggers should be a top priority for all,” said Kurt Riesenberg, Executive Director of the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance … |
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Event recap: Improving asthma care through community coalition building
Brookings Institution (blog) To kick off Asthma Awareness Month, on Monday, May 4th, the Dr. Richard Merkin Initiative on Payment Reform and Clinical Leadership and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) hosted a webinar on innovations in community based asthma … |
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Common Building Materials Could Cause Asthma
Buildings As asthma rates continue to rise, the Healthy Building Network (HBN) warns that new preventive strategies are needed to address this epidemic at its source. Actions include avoiding the many building materials that introduce asthma-causing chemicals … |
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Study : Green building may reduce asthma rates
News 12 Bronx (registration) THE BRONX – A building in the Bronx could be the reason why tenants' asthma rates have gone down, according to a study conducted by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The Eltona Apartments feature rooftop wind turbines, Energy Star light fixtures, and … |
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Building Cleaning Services Says Mold Removal May Reduce Infant Asthma Risk
PR.com (press release) In a recent study partially funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), three types of mold were found to contribute to infant asthma: Aspergillus ochraceus, which produces food-contaminating mycotoxins (substances … |
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Crusading Architects Out Asthma-Causing Building Materials With Online Initiative
Huffington Post By fostering consumer awareness and pressuring the industry to find alternatives to hazardous building materials, the firm hopes to chip away at statistics like the 30000 people who die every year from asthma attacks. But Syrett sees an even greater … |
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Crusading Architects Out Asthma-Causing Building Materials With Online Initiative
ARTINFO Over a decade ago, when New York architect Peter Syrett and interior designer Chris Youssef were designing a cancer center for Brooklyn's Maimonides Hospital, the duo pitched a simple and inspired idea: to build a completely carcinogen-free facility. |
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Early bacteria exposure important for building immunity, study says
Fox News The research was done in mice, but it supports the "hygiene hypothesis": the idea that bacteria are needed to shape a healthy immune system, and that our bacteria-fearing lifestyles are increasing levels of asthma, allergy and other autoimmune diseases … Bacteria Help Body Beef Up Immunity, Study Says Early exposure to germs has lasting benefits Over cleanliness could wreck immune system! |
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Building a Better Inhaler
The Atlantic By medGadget They seem simple enough, but asthma inhalers are used correctly only about 20 percent of the time. Cambridge Consultants is changing that. Asthma inhalers seem easy to use, but they actually require a good deal of precision and fine timing … |
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