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New York Daily News |
EXCLUSIVE: Mold-ridden NYCHA buildings bad for asthma
New York Daily News She and her six children had lived for years with sickening black mold in their Gravesend Houses apartment — a nightmare for her children, ages 6 to 19, all of whom are asthmatic. She'd fought for years with NYCHA to clean it up, and says beyond quick … |
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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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Keeping sick buildings from making children sick
Cincinnati.com “We were shocked when we saw the same management,” said Andrew Beck, a Children's pediatrician specializing in asthma analysis and treatment. He is the lead author of an article on the project that will be published in the November issue of Pediatrics. |
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 MLive.com |
Viewpoint: Yes, I am passionate about green buildings!
MLive.com The asthma statistics in our K-12 schools tell the story. Five million school-aged children have asthma. Students miss almost 13 million school days each year due to asthma and it is the third-ranking cause of hospitalization among children under the … |
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City cracks down asthma-triggering buildings
Queens Courier A reform bill was passed by the city council requiring building owners to remediate asthma-triggering housing code violations. … |
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As City Fixes Buildings, Reimbursements Lag
New York Times Meanwhile, the program is set to grow in ambition: newly proposed legislation would widen the list of repairs the city would do to include removing asthma … |
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As City Fixes Buildings, and Plans for More, Repayments Lag
New York Times Meanwhile, the program is set to grow in ambition: newly proposed legislation would widen the list of repairs the city would do to include removing asthma … |
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 Mother Nature Network (blog) |
Green buildings may make employees feel better, a study finds
MiamiHerald.com Being absent from work for asthma, allergies, depression and stress decreased following the move into the green buildings; for example, hours absent from … Green Buildings Enhance Health and Productivity |
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 Technorati (blog) |
Green Buildings Enhance Health and Productivity
Technorati (blog) If you seem to get an asthma attack everytime you're at work, or if you feel dizzy, fatigued, and leave work with a headache more often than not, … |
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Green buildings may make employees feel better, a study finds
Los Angeles Times Being absent from work for asthma, allergies, depression and stress decreased following the move into the green buildings; for example, hours absent from … |
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