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Find out more about Linda: Linda has been a Silicon Valley health and safety consultant for two decades. She has a Master of Public Health from UC Berkeley, and she balances consulting with research. Her current research interest is indoor air quality in homes. An advocate of outdoor activity, Linda routinely escapes her office for time in her garden and wilderness adventures. |
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Tara Lucas learned that her headaches and her children’s respiratory illnesses were due to formaldehyde from MDF doors and trim in her Los Altos...
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Radioactive granite was a hot topic at a recent scientific symposium. A number of scientists presented data on gamma radiation and radon gas emitted...
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Stan and Andrea Bassett were ill for months after they insulated and installed double pane windows in their 1940s Burlingame home. They had thousands...
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New homes in Los Altos tend to have elevated formaldehyde. Exposure to formaldehyde causes asthma, bronchitis, sinus infections, headaches, and sleep...
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Since February, we have cautioned Built It Green about poor indoor air quality in GreenPoint Rated homes. We shared data showing elevated formaldehyde...
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City after city is requiring new homes to be GreenPoint Rated. Unfortunately, many GreenPoint Rated homes have enough formaldehyde in room air to make...
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Hundreds of scientists met in muggy St. Louis last week for the annual American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists Symposium. A hot...
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GreenPoint Rated homes are more likely to have elevated concentrations of formaldehyde, a toxic gas that causes respiratory irritation and asthma....
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Substantial amounts of acrolein and formaldehyde can be emitted from self-cleaning ovens on the first cleaning cycle. The gases are released from the...
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