My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide

My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide

by Jeffrey C. May
My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide

My Office Is Killing Me!: The Sick Building Survival Guide

by Jeffrey C. May

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Overview

Bacteria and mold may lurk undetected in carpets or in the heating or cooling system of your office or school. When inhaled, the by-products of these organisms can cause allergy and asthma symptoms. Chemical vapors emitted by office furniture and equipment may also foul the air we breathe indoors, causing headaches, eye irritation, or other symptoms.

Here the author of the best-selling My House Is Killing Me! and co-author of The Mold Survival Guide turns his attention to indoor air quality in public buildings. Blending his extensive professional experience with scientific explanations, May helps us see these buildings through the eyes of a building scientist, microscopist, and organic chemist. He offers a step-by-step approach to identifying, controlling, and often eliminating the sources of indoor air pollutants and allergens.

Whether it's a case of mold in an elementary school or inadequate ventilation in a high-rise office building, this valuable guide can help people cope when the air they breathe indoors is making them sick.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801883422
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 04/30/2006
Pages: 342
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jeffrey C. May is a building consultant, indoor air-quality (IAQ) professional, and the principal scientist of May Indoor Air Investigations LLC in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. He has conducted thousands of indoor environmental investigations including in homes, offices, and schools, and has personally analyzed over 40,000 air and dust samples. Widely published, May lectures nationally on IAQ topics.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I: The Basics
1. Poor Indoor Air Quality: A Health Concern
2. Shelter in the Storm
3. Diseased Decor
4. A Sea of Air
5. Gases in the Sea of Air
6. Particles in the Sea of Air
7. Menace in the Mechanicals
Part II: Daily Life
8. Schools: Our Children, Our Future
9. Nine to Five: Where We Work
10. Infirm Infirmaries and Coughing Courthouses
11. Retail Spaces: Shop Till You Drop
12. Before Nine and After Five: Recreation and Travel
Part III: The Final Test: Grading the Air
13. Do It Yourself
14. Call in a Professional
15. More Data for Techies
Conclusion
Resource Guide
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index

What People are Saying About This

Jay M. Portnoy

This easy-to-read book is scientifically accurate and practical for anyone and everyone concerned about the air we breathe.

Jay M. Portnoy, MD, Chief, Section of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology,Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

Paul Enright

The best source of information on sick buildings that I've ever read. If you suffer from sinusitis, asthma, or other symptoms when you go to work, buy this book.

John Spengler

'Millions of us experience poor indoor air quality without having any idea why, or what can be done about it. In My Office Is Killing Me! Jeff May explains how a building operates, what building materials are made of, how air circulates, and what kinds of indoor contaminants we may inhale-and more. Thank you, Jeff May, for making the complex and diverse field of indoor air quality accessible and entertaining, and for giving us the information we need to improve the air we breathe."
Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health

From the Publisher

Millions of us experience poor indoor air quality without having any idea why, or what can be done about it. In My Office Is Killing Me! Jeff May explains how a building operates, what building materials are made of, how air circulates, and what kinds of indoor contaminants we may inhale—and more. Thank you, Jeff May, for making the complex and diverse field of indoor air quality accessible and entertaining, and for giving us the information we need to improve the air we breathe.
—John Spengler, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health

This easy-to-read book is scientifically accurate and practical for anyone and everyone concerned about the air we breathe.
—Jay M. Portnoy, MD, Chief, Section of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology,Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City

The best source of information on sick buildings that I've ever read. If you suffer from sinusitis, asthma, or other symptoms when you go to work, buy this book.
—Paul Enright, M.D., College of Public Health, University of Arizona

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