National Jewish Health Launches Family Air Care Indoor Allergens & Mold Test Kit

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National Jewish Health Launches Family Air Care® Indoor Allergens and Mold

Test Kit

PR Newswire

Article Last Updated: 10/07/2008 08:02:48 AM MDT

Retailer Green Depot, home inspectors, green builders and realtors all on board

to market and distribute test

DENVER, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Home owners, buyers and renters can

now assure that their indoor environment is healthy and safe with an

easy-to-use kit manufactured and serviced by the nation's number one respiratory

hospital, National Jewish Health. The Family Air Care® Indoor Allergens and

Mold Test Kit reports levels of the most common indoor allergens and a relative

moldiness index. The product will be especially useful for millions of people

with allergies and asthma, who can benefit from lower exposure to allergens and

irritants in their environment.

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To use, consumers simply attach a small capture device to their vacuum cleaner

hose, briefly run the vacuum cleaner in their homes, then mail the collection

device to National Jewish Health in a pre-paid envelope provided with the kit.

Test results will be posted on a secure Web site, which customers may access

with a PIN provided with the kit. In addition to providing specific levels for

four allergens (cat, dog, cockroach and dust mite) and a relative moldiness

index formulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the results also

show how customers' homes compare with homes across the nation. Information

will also be provided regarding steps that can be taken to reduce allergen

levels within the home.

" The Family Air Care® kit is the only commercially available indoor-air

testing kit that lets customers compare their results with samples from homes

around the nation, and offers specific advice about how to interpret the

results and what to do after receiving them, " said Tinkelman, MD, Vice

President of Health Initiatives at National Jewish Health.

Green Depot, the #1 supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable

building products, services and solutions, will offer the kit for $349 via its

e-commerce site, Greendepot.com, and its 5 retail locations. National Jewish

has also partnered with EcoBroker International, the nation's largest network

of environmentally oriented and trained real estate agents, and the

International Association of Certified Home Inspectors to market and distribute

Family Air Care®.

The kit and additional information are also available at _www.familyaircare.com_

(http://www.familyaircare.com/) .

SOURCE National Jewish Health

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Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 12:01 PM

National Jewish Health Launches Family Air Care® Indoor Allergens and Mold

Test Kit

PR Newswire

Article Last Updated: 10/07/2008 08:02:48 AM MDT

Retailer Green Depot, home inspectors, green builders and realtors all on board

to market and distribute test

DENVER, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire- USNewswire/ -- Home owners, buyers and renters can

now assure that their indoor environment is healthy and safe with an

easy-to-use kit manufactured and serviced by the nation's number one respiratory

hospital, National Jewish Health. The Family Air Care® Indoor Allergens and

Mold Test Kit reports levels of the most common indoor allergens and a relative

moldiness index. The product will be especially useful for millions of people

with allergies and asthma, who can benefit from lower exposure to allergens and

irritants in their environment.

(Logo: _http://www.newscom. com/cgi-bin/ prnh/20080711/ DC27335LOGO_

(http://www.newscom. com/cgi-bin/ prnh/20080711/ DC27335LOGO) )

To use, consumers simply attach a small capture device to their vacuum cleaner

hose, briefly run the vacuum cleaner in their homes, then mail the collection

device to National Jewish Health in a pre-paid envelope provided with the kit.

Test results will be posted on a secure Web site, which customers may access

with a PIN provided with the kit. In addition to providing specific levels for

four allergens (cat, dog, cockroach and dust mite) and a relative moldiness

index formulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the results also

show how customers' homes compare with homes across the nation. Information

will also be provided regarding steps that can be taken to reduce allergen

levels within the home.

" The Family Air Care® kit is the only commercially available indoor-air

testing kit that lets customers compare their results with samples from homes

around the nation, and offers specific advice about how to interpret the

results and what to do after receiving them, " said Tinkelman, MD, Vice

President of Health Initiatives at National Jewish Health.

Green Depot, the #1 supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable

building products, services and solutions, will offer the kit for $349 via its

e-commerce site, Greendepot.com, and its 5 retail locations. National Jewish

has also partnered with EcoBroker International, the nation's largest network

of environmentally oriented and trained real estate agents, and the

International Association of Certified Home Inspectors to market and distribute

Family Air Care®.

The kit and additional information are also available at _www.familyaircare.

com_ (http://www.familyai rcare.com/) .

SOURCE National Jewish Health

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