Housing conditions can significantly affect public health. Childhood lead poisoning, injuries, respiratory diseases such as asthma, and quality of life issues have been linked to the more than 6 million substandard housing units nationwide. Residents of these units are also at increased risk for fire, electrical injuries, falls, rodent bites, and other illnesses and injuries.
Listeriosis, a serious infection usually caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, is an important public health problem in the United States. The disease primarily affects older adults, pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems. However, rarely, persons without these risk factors can also be affected. The risk may be
California is one of the states included in a national recall of frozen vegetables and sunflower kernels that may be contaminated with listeriosis. The United States Food and Drug Administration released a list of affected products produced by CRF Frozen Foods in Washington state, which are distributed nationally and in parts of Canada. The initial
IEAQS Allergen Screen An Allergen Screen or ELISA (Quantitative Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay) identifies common reactive sources that pose a threat to your families’ health and wellbeing. Once identified environmental adjustments can be made to eliminate these from your living environment. Areas – Living Areas Provides: The Allergen Screen will identify animal (cat and dog), rodent,
What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning. If you have asthma, you have it all the time, but you
You should consider having the air ducts in your home cleaned if: There is substantial visible mold growth inside hard surface (e.g., sheet metal) ducts or on other components of your heating and cooling system. There are several important points to understand concerning mold detection in heating and cooling systems: Many sections of your heating
