The Evaluation of Short-Term Water Misting of Room Air in Reducing Airborne Dust after Renovation Work

Kokkonen, Anna; Väänänen, Maija; Säämänen, Arto; Pasanen, Pertti

doi:10.1093/annweh/wxy096

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“…Consequently, the Australian Government has recognized that both older and newer homes are at risk of indoor fungal contamination (8). This must be taken into account, particularly in the case of dust-intensive renovation measures (9). Removing the exposure event has the potential to improve symptoms and spirometry results compared to continuous exposure, increasing the risk of unemployment for affected employees (10).…”

Section: Investigation Of European Community Offices' Contaminationmentioning

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Moisture damage and fungal contamination in buildings are a massive health threat - a surgeon's perspective

Holzheimer¹

2023

Cent Eur J Public Health

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Objectives: Indoor air toxicity is of major public health concern due to the increase in humidity-induced indoor mould exposure and associated health changes. The objective is to present evidence for the causality of health threats and indoor mould exposure.Methods: PubMed search on the following keywords: dampness, mould, indoor air quality, public health, dampness, and mould hypersensitivity syndrome, sick building syndrome, and building-related illness as well as information from the health authorities of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia, the Center of Disease Control (CDC), World Health Organisation (WHO), and guidelines of professional societies.Results: The guidelines of professional societies published in 2017 are decisive for the assessment of the impact of mould pollution caused by moisture damage on human health and for official regulations in Germany. Until 2017, a causal connection between moisture damage and mould exposure could usually only be established for pulmonary diseases. The health risk of fungal components is apparent as documented in the fungal priority pathogens list (FPPL) of the WHO. Since 2017, studies, especially in Scandinavia, have proved causality between moisture and mould exposure not only for pulmonary diseases but also for extrapulmonary diseases and symptoms. This was made possible by new test methods for determining the toxicity of fungal components in indoor air. Environmental medical syndromes, e.g., dampness and mould hypersensitivity syndrome (DMHS), sick building syndrome (SBS), building-related symptoms (BRS), and building-related illness (BRI), and fungal pathogens, e.g., Aspergillus fumigatus, pose a major threat to public health.Conclusion: There is evidence for the causality of moisture-induced indoor moulds and severe health threats in these buildings. According to these findings, it is no longer justifiable to ignore or trivialize the mould contamination induced by moisture damage and its effects on pulmonary and extrapulmonary diseases. The health and economic implications of these attitudes are clear.

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Section: Investigation Of European Community Offices' Contaminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Moisture damage and fungal contamination in buildings are a massive health threat - a surgeon's perspective

Holzheimer¹

2023

Cent Eur J Public Health

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Towards environmental sustainability in the local community: Future insights for managing the hazardous pollutants at construction sites

Hong

Kang

et al. 2021

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Wind tunnel study of iron ore dust emissions from stockpile and train wagons

Fontana,

Silva,

Pontes

et al. 2024

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This work presents the development of a research facility to evaluate dust emissions involving wagon and stockpile models, considering operational and environmental variables. Furthermore, the influence of wagon vibration along the railway was considered to match the experimental conditions more closely to reality. The experimental apparatus consisted of a wind tunnel to simulate the wind speed, two lamps with controlled power sources to simulate insolation, a spray nozzle to simulate rain, a turntable to modify the wind direction, a dynamic weighing system, and a particle counter to record particulate emissions during the test. Performance tests of solidifying-type dust suppressants were also conducted. A suppressant application system was incorporated into the wagon and stockpile models. The tests demonstrated that the experimental apparatus could evaluate the performance of dust suppressants and could be used for approval purposes. Tests with vibration revealed interesting effects resulting from material compaction in wagons. Endurance tests demonstrated the apparatus capacity in tests of this nature. Thus, the developed experimental apparatus could be employed as an important tool to develop scientific studies on dust emissions.

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The Evaluation of Short-Term Water Misting of Room Air in Reducing Airborne Dust after Renovation Work

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Moisture damage and fungal contamination in buildings are a massive health threat - a surgeon's perspective

Moisture damage and fungal contamination in buildings are a massive health threat - a surgeon's perspective

Towards environmental sustainability in the local community: Future insights for managing the hazardous pollutants at construction sites

Wind tunnel study of iron ore dust emissions from stockpile and train wagons

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