Episode description

BREAKING NEWS - the corona virus, followed up with some new information linking fungi to grass pollens as a key contributor to thunderstorm asthma. Also, I have been receiving calls about the dubious practice of fogging for mould. Find out a legitimate method of aerosolized microbial control that's not suspect!

The main topic today is School Buildings and the Home and the potential connection with adverse respiratory health. Watch the video for the KEY PAPERS you should cite in any dialogue you have with your School or University if you suspect that mould or water damage is connected with poor or worsening health symptoms.

Towards the end of the video I tell you the 4 QUESTIONS you need answers for. Finally, I cite a paper that shows how to easily approach the MEASUREMENT of thee problems and how this information can be used to address parent, staff or child fears over exposure.

REFERENCES:

1. School attendance and daily respiratory symptoms in children: influence of moisture damage
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224645/

2. Respiratory Diseases in University Students Associated with Exposure to Residential Dampness or Mold
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27869727/

3. Onset of respiratory symptoms among Chinese students: associations with dampness and redecoration, PM10, NO2, SO2 and inadequate ventilation in the school.
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30907194/

4. Onset and remission of rhinitis among students in relation to the home and school environment—A cohort study from Northern China
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30985976/

5. Does dampness and mold in schools affect health? Results of a meta-analysis.
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310034/

6. Indoor Culturable Fungal Load and Associated Factors among Public Primary School Classrooms in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018: A Cross-sectional Study
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6813266/

NEWS:

1. Efficacy Of Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation In Improving Disinfection Of Hospital Rooms And Reducing The Number Of Microorganisms
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31965767

2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108911
A systematic review of the role of grass pollen and fungi in thunderstorm asthmahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108911

1:05 Corona virus
3:02 Update on Thunderstorm asthma
4:44 Fogging and mould control
7:36 Hydrogen peroxide fumigation
12:20 Back to School Moisture Damage - What You Need To Know?12:59 The Letter - My Child Died From Environmental Impacts 
14:46 Key Questions
15:53 Are weekends and holidays connected with symptoms?
19:04 Onset and remission of rhinitis
23:25 What should you do?
26:02 Key Questions to consider
27:25 If it’s all too much for your school, here’s what to do or ask for?