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AIHA - American Industrial Hygiene Association
ACGHI - American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
ABSA - American Biological Safety Association

Cal-IAQ - California Department of Health's Indoor Air Quality

CDC Home - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC NCEH - CDC's National Center for Environmental Health
CDC Mold - CDC/NCEH's Page on Mold
CDC Hoax - CDC's Health Related Hoax/Rumor Page

CPSC - Consumer Products Safety Commission

EPA Home - Environmental Protection Agency
EPA IAQ - EPA's Indoor Air Quality Branch
EPA Mold - Resource page to download "Mold Remediation in Schools & Commercial Buildings" and "A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture and Your Home"
EPA Pesticides - EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs

IICRC - Institute of Inspection, Cleaning & Restoration Certification

NYC Mold - New York City Department of Health's Mold Remediation Guidelines

NIEHS - National Institute of Environmental Health Services

TDI - Texas Department of Insurance
TDH - Texas Department of Health
TREC - Texas Real Estate Commission
SPCB - Texas Structural Pest Control Board

Mayfield Thermography Consulting Services, Inc.  Infrared Moisture Detection, Infrared Electrical Surveys, Infrared Energy Audits, Infrared Insulation Audits & Acoustical Testing, and Aerial Infrared for Roof Top Moisture Surveys, Aerial Infrared Surveys of Storm Water Drainage System Outfalls into creeks, Streams, Rivers and Lakes in Dallas, Texas & Surrounding States.

Building Science Corporation - Specializes in building technology consulting.  Dr. Joe Lstiburek is an expert on buildings and moisture, indoor air quality and forensic (building failure) investigations.  

National Institute of Building Sciences - The building community's connection to the authoritative national source of knowledge and advice on matters of building regulation, science and technology. 

Contractors From Hell - A site dedicated to providing information and resources on the do's and don'ts of home remodeling, dealing with contractors, homeowners rights and more importantly, understanding that it is the homeowners' responsibility to ensure their rights are protected and not violated by unethical contractors.

Environmental Energy Technologies Division -  Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory.

Building Materials & Wood Technology - From U Mass

JLC Online - Journal of Light Construction

Texas A&M Real Estate Center - Everyone has real estate questions. The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University has the answers.

Germology.com - Dr. Steven Doggett, Ph.D., Environmental microbiology and mycology; Microbial Diagnostics, Inc.; St. Paul, MN

CellsAlive! - A very interesting site with animations and movies of cellular activity.

Dennis Kunkel - Amazing images from an award-winning photomicrographer.

Dr. Bruce Jarvis - Considerable research on mycotoxins (fungal toxins), particularly trichothecenes.  (Univ of Maryland)

Dr. Fungus - Dedicated to timely dissemination of information about fungal infections, however, has great information and photos of the organisms.

Microbiology & Immunology Online - Univ of South Carolina Internet Textbook

Mycology Online - Joint Project of Mycology Unit at the Adelaide Womens & Childrens Hospital; Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Adelaide; Adelaide Science Online at the University of Adelaide

Kingdom Fungi - Excellent slide presentation by Tom Volk; Univ of Wisc.  Tom Volk's Homepage Here

Medical Mycology - Images and diagnostic keys from Univ of Wisc.

Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology - Online textbook by Kenneth Todar; teaching faculty in Department of Bacteriology at Univ of Wisc.

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center - The Department of Microbiology and Immunology

MicrobeLibrary - From the American Society for Microbiology

MicrobeWorld - What microbes are, and what microbiologists do; from the American Society for Microbiology

INCHEM.org - Peer reviewed information from the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS).

EWG.org - The Environmental Working Group is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food.

Medical Microbiology - Online textbook from UTMB-Gavleston; 4th Ed.

Medem - Physician/Patient Communication Network.

The Bad Bug Book - "Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook" from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration; Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition. 

PubMed - A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals.

IBT Reference Labs - Lab specializing in tests and services in the area of allergy, clinical immunology and molecular biology.

Toxicology & Environmental Health - From National Library of Medicine.  Includes TOXNET, a cluster of databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas

CHEC - Children's Health Environmental Coalition; To inform parents and all those concerned with the welfare of children about preventable health and development problems caused by exposures to toxic substances in homes, schools and communities and to encourage the public to take action to protect children against these toxic threats

University of Minnesota - Department of Environmental Health & Safety

TheMoldSource - An extensive reference site.

Policy Holders of America (POA) - A nonprofit organization formed to empower policyholders.  Mission includes: Guiding policyholders through the claims process; Eradicating fraud and bad faith; and more.

Texas State Bar Association

TheMoldSource - An extensive reference site.

FindLaw.com - A portal to all types of legal resources.

Toxlaw - Resources for toxic tort attorneys

MoldUpDate.com - News, education, scientific links, litigation updates, state legislation and matters of mold as it relates to the insurance industry.  By the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.

TCAIS - The Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions is an alliance of insurance providers claiming to take a proactive role.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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