The Healthy Building Network released a new report on the links between building products and asthma, titled "Full Disclosure Required: A Strategy to Prevent Asthma Through Building Product Selection." It notes that Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) testing standards currently do not cover more than 70 percent of the asthmagens-agents which cause the onset of asthma in someone who did not previously have the condition-HBN identified in building materials.
The Healthy Building Network released a new report on the links between building products and asthma, titled "Full Disclosure Required: A Strategy to Prevent Asthma Through Building Product Selection." It notes that Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) testing standards currently do not cover more than 70 percent of the asthmagens-agents which cause the onset of asthma in someone who did not previously have the condition-HBN identified in building materials.
Among the chemical identified as asthmagens are the familiar formaldehyde and isocyanates as well as acid anhydrides, which are used in varnishes and adhesives; acrylates, which are in acrylic lacquers, varnishes and flooring finishes; and Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ether, which is used in epoxy adhesives.
