Botkin and Keller

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Chapter 24

• Indoor Air Pollution

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Pathways, Processes and Driving Forces

• Chimney Effect (Stack Effect)
• Process whereby warmer air rises in buildings to
  upper levels and is replaced in the lower portion
  of the building by outdoor air drawn through a
  variety of openings, such as windows doors or
  cracks in the foundation or walls

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Sick Building Syndrome

• A condition associated with an indoor environment
  that appears to be unhealthy
• The symptoms people report cannot be traced to
  any one particular cause

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke

• Secondhand smoke
• 2 sources
• Smoke exhaled by smokers
• Smoke emitted from burning tobacco
• The most hazardous indoor pollutant

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Radon Gas

• Radon
• Naturally occurring radioactive gas
• Colorless, odorless, tasteless
• Only identified through proper testing
• Health hazard when leaked into homes
• Exposure is associated with lung cancer

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