The IAQ Challenge:
Protecting the Indoor Environment

Are our buildings making us sick? Yes, say an increasing number of indoor air quality specialists in government agencies, academia, and the emerging industry working to solve these problems. By some estimates, direct medical costs associated with IAQ problems in the United States are as high as $15 billion per year, with indirect costs of $60 billion. These estimates do not include problems like asthma, which may be triggered by IAQ problems—and which has increased 42% between 1982 and 1992 in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control.

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