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In the News!
In support of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, EPA
has awarded pilot project grants to eleven non-profit organizations to implement innovative, community-based programs to reduce indoor air pollution from
household energy use.
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EPA Launches the First Annual National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management for Health Plans and Health Care Providers.
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Indoor Air Quality TOPICS
Asthma |
IAQ Tools for Schools |
Mold |
Radon |
Smoke-free Homes |
Partnership
for Clean Indoor Air |
Essential IAQ - read
The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality; read about
the IAQ Building
Evaluation and Assessment Tool (I-BEAM) |
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ASTHMA Asthma afflicts about 20 million Americans, including 6.3 million children. Since 1980,
the biggest growth in asthma cases has been in children under five. In
2000 there were nearly 2 million emergency room visits and
nearly half a million hospitalizations due to asthma, at a cost of almost $2 billion, and causing 14 million
school days missed each year.
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EPA launches the First Annual National Environmental Leadership Award in Asthma Management for Health Plans and Health Care Providers
A new awards program has been launched that recognizes health plans and health care providers for leadership in
addressing management of environmental triggers as part of a comprehensive asthma management program. You are
invited to apply for an award and demonstrate how your work helps to improve the quality of care for people with asthma.
Winners will receive national recognition of their achievements.
We are accepting applications until February 15, 2005. To learn more about the awards program, or to apply, visit the awards website at
www.asthmaawards.info/
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IAQ
TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS Twenty percent of the U.S. population, nearly 55 million people, spend their days in our elementary and secondary schools.
In the mid-1990s, studies show that 1 in 5 of our nation's 110,000
schools reported unsatisfactory indoor air quality, and 1 in
4 schools reported ventilation -- which impacts indoor air
quality -- as unsatisfactory. Students are at greater risk because of the hours spent in school facilities and because children are especially susceptible
to pollutants.
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The 5th Annual Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools
National Symposium is December 2-4, 2004 at the Grand
Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC.
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Read about Mercury in schools...
Read about our web-based tool -
IAQ Design Tools for Schools
- which provides both detailed guidance as well as links to
other information resources to help design new schools as well
as repair, renovate and maintain existing facilities.
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MOLDS Molds
are part of the natural environment. Molds reproduce by
means of tiny spores; the spores are invisible to the naked
eye and float through outdoor and indoor air. Mold may begin
growing indoors when mold spores land on surfaces that are
wet. There are many types of mold, and none of them will
grow without water or moisture.
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RADON You
can't see radon, you can't smell it or taste it, but it may
be a problem in your home. Radon is estimated to cause
many thousands of deaths each year. That's because when you
breathe air containing radon, you can get lung cancer. In
fact, the Surgeon General has warned that radon is the
second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States
today.
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SMOKE-FREE
HOMES Secondhand smoke affects everyone,
but children are especially vulnerable because they are still growing and developing. EPA has created a national Smoke-free Home Pledge Initiative to motivate parents
to protect their children.
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Take the Smoke-free Home Pledge Today!
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The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air EPA awards pilot project grants to eleven non-profit organizations to implement innovative, community-based programs to reduce indoor air pollution from
household energy use.
In support of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air,
EPA has awarded pilot project grants to eleven non-profit
organizations to implement innovative, community-based programs to reduce indoor air pollution from household energy use.
The 70 members of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air are
working together to address the increased environmental
health risk faced by the more than 2 billion people in the
developing world who burn traditional biomass fuels
indoors for cooking and heating. This increased
exposure results in an estimated 2 million premature
deaths each year, largely among women and children.
The pilot projects will
demonstrate effective approaches for addressing social and cultural barriers to adopting improved cooking and heating practices, developing local markets
for improved technology, meeting design and performance guidance for improved technology, and monitoring reduced exposure. The $1.3 million in
funding is being provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the
EPA. Go to
www.epa.gov/iaq/pcia.html for more information on the Partnership for Clean
Indoor Air and the grants.
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