The Science of Environmental Pollution

Building-Related Illness -- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity -- Building Factors Affecting Indoor Air Quality -- Factors Affecting Indoor Climate -- Factors Affecting Indoor Air Pollution -- Types of Pollutants -- Sources of Indoor Air Pollutants -- Indoor Contaminant Transport -- Common Airflow Pathways -- Ventilation -- Major Indoor Air Quality Contaminants -- Asbestos Exposure -- Permissible Exposure Limits -- Exposure Monitoring -- Competent Person -- Regulated Areas -- Methods of Compliance -- Respirators -- Labels -- Protective Clothing -- Training -- Recordkeeping -- Hygience Facilities and Practices -- Medical Exams -- Silica Exposure -- Silica Exposure During Hydraulic Fracturing -- Guidelines for Control of Occupational Exposure to Silica -- Formaldehyde Exposure -- Lead Exposure -- Health Effects of Lead -- Lead Standard Definitions -- Worker Lead Protection Program -- Mold Control -- Mold Prevention -- Mold Remediation -- Mold Cleanup Methods -- Checklist for Mold Remediation -- Indoor Air Quality Equations -- Percentage of Outside Air in the Air Supply -- Outdoor Air Volume Flow Rate -- Air Changes per Hour, Outdoor Air -- Discussion Questions -- References and Recommended Reading -- Section III: Water -- Chapter 9 Water -- Water: Earth's Blood -- Water: Facts and Prose -- Water: The Basics -- How Special, Strange, and Different Is Water -- Characteristics of Water -- Inflammable Air + Vital Air = Water -- Just Two H's and One O -- Somewhere between 0° and 105 -- Physical Properties of Water -- Capillary Action -- Water Cycle -- Specific Water Movements -- Q and Q Factors -- Sources of Water -- Watersheds -- Multiple-Barrier Concept of Protection -- Watershed Management -- Water Quality Impacts -- Watershed Protection and Regulations -- Watershed Protection Plans -- Reservoir Management Practices -- Potable Water