Re: [] National Jewish Health Launches Family Air Care Indoor Allergens & Mold Test Kit

[Guest guest]

If I correctly understood the presentation by Vesper,

principal developer of ERMI, at last months HUD/CDC/EPA

Healthy Homes Conference in Baltimore, ERMI is NOT (his

emphasis) ready for this type of claim.

The press release doesn't directly name ERMI but it is obvious

from the words " a relative moldiness index formulated by the US

Environmental Protection Agency. " It is again my understanding

that although EPA holds the patent they are not endorsing or

otherwise supporting it as a finished procedure. So I'm curious

about the basis for the National Jewish product - perhaps

developing their own interpretation of the data?

Anybody have additional information?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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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

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> 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 )

> 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

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> SOURCE National Jewish Health

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