National Micro Lab Develops Mold Guidelines

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National Micro Lab Develops Mold Guidelines

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Clearwater-based Microbiology lab's decade-long research

establishes

important fundamental guidelines for air quality practitioners and

consumers. 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.

(PRWEB) June 18, 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:

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

e-mail protected from spam bots; www.pureaircontrols.com; Phone

1-800-422-7873 ext 802.

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