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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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