Tag Archives: Right to Healthy Indoor Air

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency – Letter: Affordable housing for work force

Nov 18, 2009  Prior to the summer of 2005, Louisiana suffered from a documented shortfall of affordable housing for her work force. The subsequent hurricanes of the past four years have exacerbated this shortage exponentially. The Louisiana Housing Finance Agency’s … Continue reading

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New Paper – The biocontaminants and complexity of damp indoor spaces: more than what meets the eyes – Jack D Thrasher & Sandra Crawley

“Just wanted to let everyone know that Dr. Thrasher’s latest work was just published and he has given me permission to share it with you all. Both he and his colleague Sandra Crawley put together basically an encyclopedia of the … Continue reading

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LA Sen. David Vitter (R-Formaldehyde)

Andy Kroll November 12, 2009 Excerpt “So why is Vitter so sympathetic to the formaldehyde industry? Campaign finance records show that many of Louisiana’s big formaldehyde polluters happen to be—you guessed it—Vitter campaign donors. He’s received $9,000 from Dow Chemical’s … Continue reading

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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) confirms link between formaldehyde and leukemia

Jennifer Sass Senior Scientist Washington, D.C. NRDC November 4, 2009 I won’t bury the lead: last week the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the most prestigious international body for cancer assessment in the world, determined that sufficient evidence exists … Continue reading

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Formaldehyde Exposure and Asthma in Children: A Systematic Review

ABSTRACT Objective: Despite multiple published studies regarding the association between formaldehyde exposure and childhood asthma, a consistent association has not been identified. This study reports the results of a systematic review of published literature in order to provide a more … Continue reading

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