IAQ Radio

EPISODE147 - Paul J. Snyder, CIH, CSP -OSHA Enforcement Update

Have you heard any rumors that OSHA may be preparing to increase enforcement activity under the new administration? Do you have any questions about the focus of this possible new enforcement initiative? Would you like to know the facts and how to avoid the law of unintended consequences? Join IAQ Radio live on December 20th for the answers to these questions and more when our guest is a true OSHA enforcement expert with decades of experience dealing with these very issues. Paul J. Snyder, CIH, CSP is coming to IAQ Radio and you should be there to listen in!

EPISODE146 - Michael Findley, PhD, CIH, CSP -University of West Florida

This week the IAQ Radio will focus on education and control of IEQ issues. Our guest is Dr. Michael Findley who is teaching the new Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, Applications for IEQ course at the University of West Florida. We will discuss online training through universities and colleges along with this weeks module for the current course Control of IH and IEQ issues. Also joining Radio Joe and the Z- Man in the studio this week will be our Technical Director Dr. Dietrich Weyel. What are the formal IH controls recommended and how do they fit into the IEQ world? Join us to learn more Friday at noon!

EPISODE145 - Sam Rashkin - US EPA, National Director ENERGY STAR for Homes

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
Energy efficient homes must also maintain good indoor air quality for people and Mr. Rashkin will talk to us about how how ENERGY STAR takes IAQ into consideration. We will also be looking at future plans for the ENERGY STAR program that will most definitely be of interest to our listeners. This week on IAQ Radio EPA, ENERGY STAR Star and IAQ don't miss it!

EPISODE144 - Andy Robinson -Why Heat Drying? Why Now?

What's up with "Heat Drying"? Does it work but more importantly how does it work and what can go wrong if you don't know what you are doing? What are the best systems on the market and why? We talk with Andy Robinson of Jon Don to explore this hot topic!

EPISODE143 - Alan P. Zelicoff, MD The H1N1 Virus: Fact vs. Fiction

Alan Zelicoff is a physician (board certified in internal medicine 1992, clinical fellowship in rheumatology, 1983) and physicist (A.B., Princeton, 1975), who has had a varied career including clinical practice, teaching, and operations research. In the latter roles, he was Senior Scientist in the Center for National Security and Arms Control at Sandia National Laboratories from 1989 to 2003. Dr. Zelicoff's interests include risk and hazard analysis in hospital systems and office-based practice, and in technologies for improving the responsiveness of public health
offices and countering biological weapons terrorism. Dr. Zelicoff has traveled extensively in countries of the former Soviet Union and has led joint research projects in epidemiology of infectious disease, while establishing Internet access at Russian and Kazak biological laboratories. He is the author of numerous text book chapters and articles in these subjects, and is a frequent contributor to Op-Ed pages in the Washington Post and other newspapers. Dr. Zelicoff's latest book is: Microbe: Are we Ready for the Next Plague? published by AMAZOM Books.

EPISODE142 -Carl Grimes - The Emerging Industry Synergy and YOUR Future

Where are the IEQ, disaster restoration and building science worlds headed? Is there an emerging synergy between government agencies, government supported associations, the medical community, the green movement and the existing IAQ, disaster restoration and building science groups? What role will government agencies and government funded associations play in this emerging industry? How will all this affect you and your business? We will explore the issues and help guide IAQ Radio listeners toward the future with one of the industry movers and shakers Carl Grimes of Healthy Habitats. Carl is on the front lines of this emerging synergy and we start this week by explaining who the players are and why our listeners should be keeping up with the changing landscape. What does the future hold for you and your competition?

EPISODE141-Wane A. Baker PE, CIH -Why Do People Get Sick in Damp Buildings?

When Wane Baker tells us the World Health Organization report "Dampness and Mould" is the most important document to come out on the subject to date, we listen! Then we ask questions to help others understand why one of the most respected IEQ professionals in the country feels this report is so important. Join us on October 9th. when we have Mr. Baker as our guest to discuss the research that led up to this document and the conclusions within the WHO Report. This show just may change how some people think about dampness and mould.

EPISODE140 - Eva-M. King, PhD, Asthma/Allergies and IAQ

Dr. Eva King is the Senior Scientist and leader of the immunoassay team at Indoor Biotechnologies, Inc., a global leader in allergen detection and prevention. Mold gets most of the press when there are numerous allergy and asthma triggers that lurk in homes and buildings. This week we will discuss the other allergy and asthma triggers that investigators and remediators should be thinking about when helping people solve their IAQ problems. This is an area of IAQ that is getting a lot of attention in Washington and anyone doing IAQ investigations or remediation would be smart to pay attention to what is happening on this front in the battle against poor IAQ.

EPISODE138 - McGregor Pearce, MPH

What could possibly be interesting about mold and mildew, you ask? It's all in the content and the presentation style of the person discussing the subject. IAQ Radio is delighted to have internationally known and acclaimed expert on the subject McGregor Pearce of St. Paul, Minnesota, for a 3rd appearance on our program. Mac is an environmental health consultant specializing in indoor air quality problems. He has investigated mold in homes, commercial buildings, hospitals, clinics and skyscrapers. Mold and mildew are at the root of a number of health problems and contribute to building degradation. Mac makes mycology marvelously interesting.

EPISODE137 - Jack Springston, CIH, CSP and Dietrich Weyel, ScD, CIH

IAQ Radio 9-11-09 Memorial Show!
This week with IAQ Radio falling on the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on the USA we will be doing a show on Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene: Applications to Indoor Environmental Quality that uses examples from projects that only occurred as the result of the tragic events that unfolded that day. Radio Joe Hughes will interview Jack Springston, CIH, CSP of Sandler Occupational Medicine Associates. Our Technical Director Dr. Dietrich Weyel, ScD, CIH will be in the studio answering questions and helping out Radio Joe . We will be reviewing concepts from the IAQ Chapter of Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, Second Edition Edited by Salvatore R. DiNardi using projects that Mr. Springston was part of following the 9-11 attacks to bring a real world perspective to this subject. Join us live or download the show later when IAQ Radio returns from our summer break on 9-11-09 at 12:00 EDT.