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Indoor air quality problems
On 2/15/2013 6:11 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
A couple friends of mine, the wife and at least one of the adult children are sensetive to organic chemical vapors. To the point of having to buy low VOC latex paints, for the house. Recently, it's been so bad, they had to evacuate the house and move to a motel room. WHAT is "so bad"?????? I'm sure there is something I'm missing about the situation, but I cannot imagine what in a normal house would suddenly cause the family to move!!?? I've had two experiences with families slowly (thankful it was slow) being poisoned by CO, and their complaints were what forced discovery. The first were neighbors, young couple (then, same as us) with kids. We were to visit for dinner, and my hubby and kids arrived before me because I was working. My family had been at their house couple of hours when I arrived and immediately, when I walked in, my eyes started to burn. I had never had that experience before, NOBODY ELSE was bothered, and it bothered me enough that we discussed everything we could imagine. The burning did not let up the whole time we were there. My friend said she had had headaches, I think, and her plants were dying. Next day at work, I asked my bud in the maintenance department about it....we were thinking it must be the humidifier...and he knew immediately. I called my friend and told her to call the gas co. asap, which she did. She called me back, crying, because the CO was so bad the gas co. would not let her back in the house! The next event was a couple with brand new house, fireplace drawing too much and pulling furnace exhaust back through the house. Both were having headaches and I guess I had read up enough that I knew to tell them to call the gas co. I'm looking for ideas, for VOC lowering air filters, or how to do more air exchanges without killing the utility bill by leaving the windows all open. Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . |