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General References - Air Quality, Microbiology & Health
IAQ Tools for Schools Program U.S.EPA program to reduce exposures to indoor environmental contaminates in schools. [link]
The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality U.S. EPA [link]
Indoor Environmental Quality National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) [link]
Environmental Working Group Not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food. [link]
Environmental Health & Toxicology Information services of the National Library of Medicine; National Institute of Health
The Bad Bug Book - Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms & Natural Toxins Handbook U.S. FDA [link]
Microbiology & Immunology - Online textbook based on course for second year medical students. University of South Carolina School of Medicine [link]
Microbe Library Microbiology resources from American Society for Microbiology [link]
Medical Microbiology Online textbook from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Environmental Health Perspectives Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), the peer-reviewed journal of the United States' National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Buildings & Structures
Unvented Roof Assemblies for All Climates Building Science Corp [link]
Designs That Work: Mixed-Humid Climates Building Science Corp [link]
Joe's Top Ten (South) Dr. Joseph Lstiburek's somewhat humorous look at the top ten dumb things to do in the South [link]
Joe's Top Ten (North) Dr. Joseph Lstiburek's somewhat humorous look at the top ten dumb things to do in the North [link]
Joe's Top Ten Rules of Wood Durability Dr. Joseph Lstiburek simplifies it! [link]
Crawlspace Characterization Study: A Field Study of the Energy & Moisture Performance Characteristics of Ventilated Versus Sealed Crawlspaces in the South Advanced Energy's Report for U.S. Department of Energy [pdf]
Appendix to Above DOE Report [pdf]
Crawlspace Characterization 2005 - Advanced Energy's Report for Duke University study [pdf]
Appendix to Above Duke Report [pdf]
Crawlspace Characterization: Long-Term Temperature & Relative Humidity Advanced Energy's Report for Duke University Study [pdf]
Contaminants: Mold
TMARR - Texas Mold Assessment & Remediation Rules Texas Dept of State Health Services [pdf link]
Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation Texas Dept of Insurance [pdf link]
Texas Consumer Mold Information Sheet Texas Dept of State Health Services [pdf]
Protecting Your Home from Mold Texas Dept of State Health Services [link]
EPA Mold Remediation in Schools & Commercial Buildings U.S. EPA [pdf]
Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments New York City Dept of Health [link]
A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture & Your Home U.S. EPA [pdf]
Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers - Appendix C: Moisture, Mold & Mildew U.S. EPA [pdf]
Chapter 34: Trichothecene Mycotoxins Textbook of Military Medicine [pdf]
Characterization of Stachybotrys from water-damaged building materials based on morphology, growth, and metabolite production Mycologia - The Mycological Society of America [pdf]
Kingdom Fungi Slide presentation by Tom Volk; University of Wisconsin. [link] Tom's Homepage Here
Mycology Online Reference site at University of Adelaide [link]
Medical Mycology Mycology image library and diagnostic key from University of Wisconsin [link]
Contaminants: Chemicals & VOC's
Principles & Methods for Assessing Autoimmunity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals World Health Organization [pdf link]
Principles for Evaluating Health Risks in Children Associated with Exposure to Chemicals World Health Organization [pdf link]
Environmental Health Criteria (EHC documents provide critical review on the effects of chemicals on health & environment) World Health Organization [link to index by chemical]
INCHEM Chemical safety information from intergovernmental organizations - part of the International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS) [link]
Hazardous Substances Data Bank - TOXNET of the U.S. National Library of Medicine [link]
Contaminants: Bacteria
Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology This textbook has evolved from online and live-in-person lectures presented in my bacteriology courses at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [link]
Contaminants: Pesticides
Sound Management of Pesticides & Diagnosis and Treatment of Pesticide Poisoning World Health Organization-International Programme on Chemical Safety [pdf link]
Pesticide Safety Data Sheets International Programme on Chemical Safety [link to index by chemical]
Contaminants: Other
Radon EPA's radon website
Asbestos EPA's asbestos website
Real Estate & Construction Related
JLC Online Journal of Light Construction [link]
Real Estate Center - Texas A&M Real Estate Information Center
The Kitchen Drawer
(Miscellaneous, interesting, educational and fun things)
Cells Alive! How Big is a...? Microorganisms compared on the head of a pin [link]
Dennis Kunkel Amazing images from an award-winning photomicrographer [link]
Martindales Reference Desk Jim Martindale's amazing compendium of the internet. Links to virtually any topic including 25,000+ online calculators [link]
Secret Worlds View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
Recommended Reading
AIHA, Report of Microbial Growth Task Force. Fairfax; AIHA Press, 2001
Alcamo, I.E., Fundamentals of Microbiology. Redwood City; Benjamin/Cummings, 1994
Davis, Mike, The Monster at our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu. New York; The New York Press, 2005
Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Society. New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1997
Dillon, H.K., PhD., et al. Field Guide for the Determination of Biological Contaminants in Environmental Samples. Fairfax; AIHA Press, 1996
Ewald, P.W., Plague Time: How Stealth Infections Cause Cancers, Heart Disease, and other Deadly Ailments. New York; The Free Press, 2000
Garrett, Laurie, The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Infectious Diseases in a World Out of Balance. New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1994
Greger, Michael, MD, Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching. New York, Lantern Books, 2006
IICRC, Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration S500. Washington; IICRC, 1999
IICRC, Standard and Reference Guide for Mold Remediation S520. Washinton; IICRC, 2003
Kirby, David, Evidence of Harm: Mercury in Vaccines and the Autism Epidemic: A Medical Controversy, New York, St. Martin's Press, 2005
Klatz, Ronald, MD, Goldman, Robert, MD, Infection Protection: How to Fight Germs that Make You Sick. New York; Harper Resource, 2002
Macher, J., Bioaerosols: Assessment & Control. Cincinnati; ACGIH, 1999
Miller, J., Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War. New York; Simon & Schuster, 2001
McCormick, Joseph, MD & Fisher-Hoch, Susan, MD, Level 4 Virus Hunters of the CDC. New York, Barnes & Noble,1996
NADCA, Assessment, Cleaning, and Restoration of HVAC Systems ACR 2002. Washington DC; NADCA, 2001
Oldstone, Michael B.A., Viruses, Plagues, and History. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998
Peters, C.J., Virus Hunter. New York; Anchor Books, 1997
Preston, R., The Hot Zone. New York; Random House, 1994
Preston, R., The Demon in the Freezer. New York; Random House, 2002
Shnayerson, Michael, & Plotkin, Mark, The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria. Boston; Little, Brown & Co., 2002
Spengler, J.D., et al. Indoor Air Quality Handbook. New York: McGraw Hill, 2001
Tierno, Philip, Jr., The Secret Life of Germs: Observations & Lessons from a Microbe Hunter. New York; Pocket Books, 2001
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