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| Olin Workshop
on Indoor Air Quality
Purpose of the Workshop The environment within buildings can have as much effect on human health as the outdoor environment. People spend much, if not most, of their time inside: working, relaxing and recreating. Examination of indoor environment has taken, until recently, a back seat to our study of general air pollution. During the decade of the 1980s, Sick Building Syndrome became a topic for conversation. It was recognized at that time that both indoor chemical and biological contaminants affect people and animals. What became immediately obvious was that sampling and analytical methods adequate for contamination in outdoor air or on outdoor surfaces were not adequate for the indoor environment. The rapid changes in temperature and humidity had major effects on sample collection. Even modest differences in indoor conditions could have large effects on the presence of contaminants. As a response, new methods were developed. New interest on the effects of contamination has occurred, leading to studies relating certain contaminants with specific human diseases and syndromes. It is the purpose of this workshop to bring attendees new information on indoor sampling techniques, analytical methods and effects of contaminants on people. Events in Hill Conference Room, Lebow
Engineering Center, 2nd Floor 9:00 a.m. Registration 9:30 a.m. Introduction by Michael Gealt, Ph.D., Director, School of Environmental Science, Engineering and Policy 9:45 a.m. Linda Stetzenbach, Ph.D., Director, HRC Division, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, "Microorganisms and Indoor Air Quality" 10:15 a.m. Ted Passon, Ph.D., Laboratory
Director, Pure Earth Environmental Labs, 11:00 a.m. BREAK 11:15 a.m. Luke Petosa, M.S., Risk Management Analyst and Industrial Hygienist, Center for Healthcare Environmental Management, "Indoor Sampling Techniques and Strategies" 12:00 LUNCH sponsored by Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates 1:00 p.m. W. Edward Montz, Jr., Ph.D.,
President, Indoor Air Solutions, 1:30 p.m. Keith Crawford, CIH, President and Corporate Director, Eagle Industrial Hygiene Associates, "Indoor Air Quality Mitigation" 2:15 p.m. Mr. Scott Schmittel, Performance Assurance Manager, Johnson Controls Inc., "Control Technology and Indoor Air Quality" 3:00 p.m. BREAK 3:15 p.m. David Tollerud, M.D., MPH,
Professor of Public Health, Medicine and Community & Preventive
Medicine and Director of the Center for Environmental & Occupational
Health, Allegheny University 4:00 p.m. Joseph O. Minott, J.D., Executive
Director, Clean Air Council, 4:45 p.m. Roundtable Discussion |