Global Indoor Health Network
There are many factors that affect indoor air quality. Our primary focus is on the contaminants in water-damaged buildings. These contaminants include molds, mycotoxins, volatile organic compounds, microbial particulates, proteins, galactomannans, endotoxins and bacteria.
These water damage events can occur in connection with floods, hurricanes, construction defects, roof leaks, foundation problems, plumbing leaks, appliance leaks, condensation, or as a result of buildings materials that can become wet during storage, transportation and construction.
Some of the additional factors that affect indoor air quality include radon, lead, asbestos, pesticides, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, cleaning products, off-gassing from carpets, fragrances, furniture and paint, dimethyl fumarate (DMF), air fresheners, electromagnetic fields (EMF) and radio frequency radiation (RF) and a wide variety of other toxins and chemicals.
The 1989 report from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on indoor air pollution states that sick building syndrome has been known since World War I, but the first published research paper on the topic did not happen until 1948 in England.
The report also acknowledged that health effects of biological contaminants can be due to allergenic, infectious or toxicogenic properties.
The following statements are excerpts from the Massachusetts report:
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