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 "Family files lawsuit in Boone hotel carbon monoxide deaths" Heaters may fail to function from time to time, CO&CO2 detect...

 "Family files lawsuit in Boone hotel carbon monoxide deaths" Heaters may fail to function from time to time, CO&CO2 detector should be equipped in every hotel to prevent these tragedies. Family files lawsuit in Boone hotel carbon monoxide deaths Richard DeVayne, WCNC1:30 p.m. EST February 10, 2015 BOONE, N.C. -- The family of a couple killed by carbon monoxide in a Boone hotel room filed a lawsuit against Best Western International on Tuesday. The lawsuit outlines a series of equipment failures and human errors that directly created the conditions, which caused Daryl and Shirley Jenkins' deaths. Jeffrey Williams,...

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  "The dust in our homes contains an average of 9,000 different species of microbes, a study suggests." Thousands of ...

  "The dust in our homes contains an average of 9,000 different species of microbes, a study suggests." Thousands of microbes found in house dust By Rebecca Morelle, BBC News 26 August 2015 The dust in our homes contains an average of 9,000 different species of microbes, a study suggests. Researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder analysed the dust found in 1,200 households across the United States. They discovered that the types of bacteria and fungi varied depending on where the home was located, who lived there and whether pets were present. The research is published in the...

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Chinese authorities have confirmed highly toxic pollutants were found at the blast site in Binhai New Area in the northern port cit...

Chinese authorities have confirmed highly toxic pollutants were found at the blast site in Binhai New Area in the northern port city Tianjin. China explosion: Officials confirm highly toxic pollutants leak at explosion site By Vasudevan Sridharan, International Business Times August 14, 2015 Chinese authorities have confirmed highly toxic pollutants were found at the blast site in Binhai New Area in the northern port city Tianjin. Emergency workers have blocked two drainage outlets. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the harmful chemicals detected at the site were found to be at least three to eight times higher...

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"We spend as much as 90% of our lives indoors nowadays and researchers are investigating our exposure to indoor pollutants as ...

"We spend as much as 90% of our lives indoors nowadays and researchers are investigating our exposure to indoor pollutants as contributing causes to rising incidence of autism, allergies and toxin load." It is important that your family is living in a health environment. Indoor Air Pollution Worse Than Outdoor Published by Dr. Axe According to the EPA, our indoor environment is two to five times more toxic than our outdoor environment, and in some cases, the air measurements indoors have been found to be 100 times more polluted. The International Agency for Research on Cancer and the...

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