Sentences with phrase «with poor indoor air quality»

Their green - above - all approach makes lots of sense for children's furniture, from both a planetary and human health perspective: youngsters spend tons of time in their cribs, on a changing table, and surrounded by stuff in their nurseries; exposure to VOCs and other harmful pollutants that are off - gassing from their surroundings can lead to both short and long - term health problems, especially if they're living with poor indoor air quality during their busiest developmental years.

From CNN.com: Students and staff members who work in school buildings with poor indoor air quality suffer from poor health.

The National Association of School Nurses wants to help alert officials and remedy problems associated with poor indoor air quality, noting that it is considered among the top public environmental health risks.

Not exact matches

Exposure to poor indoor air quality can have immediate effects on health, with even a first - time exposure to some toxins and pollutants causing headaches, dizziness and irritation of the ears, nose and throat.

Half of all schools in the United States have problems related to poor indoor air quality, with an astounding 15,000 schools circulating air deemed unfit for students and staff to breathe.

Maybe it'll be the occupants, who suffer with comfort problems, poor indoor air quality, frequent maintenance, or high energy bills.

Low energy buildings behave differently, and the industry's broad failure to get to grips with building physics means that some considerable risks — overheating, poor indoor air quality and both surface and interstitial condensation, never mind failure to deliver anticipated energy savings — won't be discovered until tens of thousands of buildings have been built, and the damage is done.

Forensic investigations of performance problems such as mold, rot, decay, odors, uncontrolled humidity, and poor indoor air quality remain a critical part of our practice, especially with the increasing complexity of architectural designs and the continuous development of more advanced (and often more moisture sensitive) building materials.

With never - ending news stories about the poor air quality in cities and depressing gray pictures of smoggy skylines, it's no wonder that most Americans assume that their indoor air quality is better than the quality outdoors.