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The Stuffy Conference Room
© 2006, Jeffrey C. May, M.A.
Workers complained that a conference room inside a 4,000 square foot office space
was stuffy. In addition, two people whose offices were on that floor were having
increased asthma and allergy symptoms. Dust samples revealed that the mechanical
system and some of the wall-to-wall carpeting were contaminated with mold. The conference
room lacked adequate ventilation, resulting in elevated levels of carbon dioxide
during meetings (which can cause the air to feel “stuffy”).
Jeffrey C. May is a building consultant, Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional (CIAQP), and author of My
House is Killing Me! The Home Guide for Families with Allergies and
Asthma (2001) and My Office is Killing Me! The Sick Building Survival
Guide (2006), as well as co-author of The Mold Survival Guide: For Your
Home and for Your Health (2004), all published by Johns Hopkins University Press. A former educator and organic chemist (M.A. Harvard University), Jeff is principal scientist of May Indoor Air Investigations LLC in Tyngsborough, Massachusetts.
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