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Source: American Industrial Hygiene Association

Mold and Indoor Air Quality Are Hot Topics At Dallas Conference, May 10-15Friday April 4, 6:02 pm ET

FAIRFAX, Va., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Mold is a hot topic in Texas and around the country. The upcoming American Industrial Hygiene conference and exhibition (AIHce) in Dallas will offer more than 75 hours of mold education for indoor environment professionals, builders, remodelers, mold remediators, school officials, legal and insurance personnel, and anyone else with an interest in mold. The week long "conference within a conference" will begin with a full-day mold symposium on Saturday, May 10, and will continue through May 15. The Expo hall will open May 12-14 exhibiting products for mold remediation companies, mold testing, respiratory protection, and more. Week- long and one-day passes are available for education and the Expo hall. Highlights will include: * "Environmental Mold: State of the Science, State of the Art" a full-

day symposium on May 10, 2003. Topics include: Law, Insurance, a

Regulatory and Legislative Update, and a Fungal Health Effects

Update.

* "Indoor Air Quality Research: New Directions" will be the focus of a

second symposium on May 11. Topics will include: The Global Burden

of Disease From Indoor Air Pollution; IAQ-Dust Mite Allergens and

Asthma: Are Our Homes Causing Asthma Pandemic?; Microbes in

Buildings-Exposure and Effect; and, Ventilation, Energy and IAQ.

* A week-long "mold track" with professional education sessions and

over 20 hours of technical sessions.

* General Session speaker Melinda Ballard, president of Policyholders

of America, followed by a question and answer session with a panel

of mold experts.

For more information, go to http://www.aiha.org/aihce03/aihce.htm. Reporters wishing to arrange separate interviews with the speakers should contact R. Holland, public relations manager, at (703) 846-0765 through May 8 or on site in room 227 at the convention center beginning May 10. Founded in 1939, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is the premier association of occupational and environmental health and safety professionals. AIHA's 12,000 members play a crucial role on the front line of worker health and safety every day. Members represent a cross-section of industry, private business, labor, government, and academia. For more information, go to www.aiha.org.

Source: American Industrial Hygiene Association