Sick Building Syndrome

9/2/2020 (Permalink)

Sick building syndrome is a common worldwide health concern, where people in a building suffer from symptoms of illness or become infected with chronic disease from the building in which they work or reside. The outbreaks may or may not be a direct result of inadequate cleaning or improper cleaning methods.  Some symptoms tend to increase in severity with the time people spend in the building; often getting better over time or even disappearing all together when people are away from the building. Exposure to toxic black mold could cause health effects. Sick building causes are frequently pinned down to flaws in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Other causes have been attributed to contaminants produced by out gassing of some types of building materials, volatile organic compounds, molds, improper exhaust ventilation of ozone, light industrial chemicals used within, or lack of adequate fresh-air intake/air filtration.