Guest guest Posted April 12, 1999 Report Share Posted April 12, 1999 Best 'Sick Building' Detector Is Nature's Own Equipment To the Editor: The message in your article " Sniffing Out School Illness: Is It in the Air? " March 18, 1998, was excellent and very timely. As I see it, one of the major crises education faces is the degradation of indoor air caused by poor maintenance, lack of knowledge about potential problems, and lack of a proactive policy of dealing with air quality before problems ever arise. But when you quoted Green, the director of environmental studies at the Reason Public Policy Institute, you immediately lost my attention. Even a cursory reading of that group's primary publication, Reason magazine, lets you know that they are not going to be on the side of " reason " or scientific evidence if it conflicts with their agenda. The truth is that we can build safe, healthy buildings if we choose to do so. We also have the technology to diagnose a " sick building " regardless of the population. When we get ill while spending time in a building, there is a reason. Nature, in its infinite wisdom, gave us the ability to protect ourselves by equipping us with senses that detect when there is a problem. The best voice of " reason " is right between your own ears--use it. Barbara Herskovitz Tallahassee, Fla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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