This book is a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) characterized as sick or problem buildings. Significant emphasis is given to defining the nature of the problem, the various potential causal and risk factors, problem building diagnostic protocols and contaminant measurements, and the mitigation of IAQ problems, including case histories. The book features a discussion on the potential causal factors studied extensively in Europe and recognized in North America as well.

Taking an in-depth, hard-science look at the problems of indoor environmental pollution, this text covers all the major indoor contaminants - inorganic, organic and biological. Thad Godish expands the scope of indoor air quality issues to include the entire indoor environment, both in the workplace and the home. He covers: hand-to-mouth transfer of lead, pesticides and asbestos; dermal exposures from pesticide-contaminated dust; contact with office materials such as carbon paper and other printed papers; and naturally-occurring and man-made contaminants such as radon and asbestos. Godish...