National Micro Lab Develops Mold Guidelines

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Press Release June 29, 2005

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National Micro Lab Develops Mold Guidelines

For over twenty years, health problems stemming from building-

related biological and non-biological materials have been

increasing, yet air quality professionals and consumers have lacked

a starting point to compare bacterial and fungal bioaerosol results

in an unregulated industry. Until now.

National Micro Lab Develops Mold Guidelines

Clearwater-based Microbiology lab's decade-long research establishes

important fundamental guidelines for air quality practitioners and

consumers.

/24-7PressRelease/ - Clearwater, FL, June 29, 2005 -- For more than

twenty years, health problems stemming from building-related

biological and non-biological materials have been on the rise, yet

indoor air quality professionals and consumers have lacked a

starting point by which to compare bacterial and fungal bioaerosol

results in a presently unregulated industry. Until now.

" To date, the industry, both private and public, has not been able

to establish a basis by which to measure the baseline conditions for

indoor airborne bacteria and fungi, " said Alan Wozniak, President

and CEO of Pure Air Control Services. " With our extensive

environmental background and multiple-disciplined experience

spanning over 500 million square feet of residential and commercial

building space, we have been able to provide bioaerosol guidelines

that are being used to determine what is normal in a home or

building environment. "

At the recent 2005 American Industrial Hygiene Conference Expo in

Anaheim, California, Dr. Rajiv Sahay announced the results of a

decade-long study on airborne culturable bioaerosols in a

presentation entitled " Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ): A 10-Year

Case Study for Industry IEQ Guidelines " to an audience of over 450

industry professionals.

As one of about twenty-five Ph.D. Aerobiologists in the world, Dr.

Sahay, Laboratory Manager for the Environmental Diagnostics

Laboratory (EDLab )¹ in Clearwater, FL, has spent the past ten years

collaborating with colleagues Dr. Monroe King, Alan Wozniak, CIAQP,

Francisco Aguirre, CIAQP, Dr. Kimbrough, Mark Wozniak, MBA,

CIAQP and Dr. Tomas Tamulis regarding bioaerosol issues. They

collectively recognized the importance of introducing IEQ guidelines

to assist in establishing normal background bioaerosol numbers for

building indoor environments and thus began compiling data for this

important aerobiological exploration.

" There are many charlatans and shamans in the indoor air quality

industry today. In an unregulated industry, this can wreak havoc to

the uninformed consumer, " said Mr. Wozniak. " It was for that reason,

among others, that we felt compelled to diligently assess our inter-

relational database and provide industry guidelines. "

The Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory has gone through the steps

to become one of the elite American Industrial Hygiene Association

(AIHA) accredited environmental microbiology laboratories in the U.S.

" Upon establishing the laboratory, it was our intent to accumulate

the data to begin documenting realistic microbiological guidelines

and standards, " said Mr. Wozniak. " Since it's inception, we have

invested a lot of time and money in developing not only a state-of-

the-art microbiology laboratory, but also in developing the

proprietary inter-relational database called Computer Assisted Air

Management Program (CAAMP) by which to compare airborne culturable

bioaerosols. "

Throughout the decade-long study, more than eleven thousand indoor

and outdoor bacterial and fungal samples were taken in and around

over seven thousand commercial and residential test sites across the

United States. The outcome of Dr. Sahay's study provides important

normative data on culturable bioaerosols for both fungi and bacteria

that have been applied to other sectors of business.

" Our industrial hygiene protocols and laboratory guidelines have

been utilized in many important indoor environmental quality expert

testimony cases, " said Mr. Wozniak.

Dr. Sahay's suggested guidelines for airborne culturable bioaerosols

for indoor environmental quality are designed to help consumers, IAQ

technicians, building diagnosticians, environmental scientists and

other air quality professionals gain a better understanding with

relation to building conditions, indoor air quality and

bioaerobiology.

" Since Dr. Sahay's indoor environmental quality presentation,

hundreds of industry professionals have requested a copy of the

proposed guidelines; a clear indicator of the need for guidelines

and standardization, " stated Mr. Wozniak.

" Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ): A 10-Year Case Study for

Industry IEQ Guidelines " is the first of many indoor air quality

studies presented by the Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory from

the data garnered over the ten-year time period.

For more information, please contact the Environmental Diagnostics

Laboratory by calling (800) 422-7873 ext. 301. To obtain a copy of

Dr. Sahay's 10-year study presentation, please visit Pure Air

Control Services website at www.pureaircontrols.com, click on the 10-

year study icon and enter the required information.

¹Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory (EDLab ) is a division of Pure

Air Control Services, Inc.

About Pure Air Control Services, Inc.

Pure Air Control Services is interdisciplinary indoor environmental

consulting firm providing IEQ consulting services to city, county,

state and federal governments, school boards and the private

sectors. They have an in-house AIHA accredited environmental

diagnostics laboratory providing environmental

microbiology/microscopy services as well as building/HVAC system

remediation services. Pure Air Control Services family of IEQ

services includes: Environmental Diagnostics Laboratory (EDLab)

www.EDLab.org; Building Health Check www.BuildingHealthCheck.com;

Building Remediation Sciences

http://www.pureaircontrols.com/buildrem.html. Contact can be made at

info@...; www.pureaircontrols.com; Phone 1-800-422-

7873 ext 802.

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