Asthma - The Health Impact of Indoor Air Quality From Green Building Products For Safe Housing

One of the hardest things in today's modern world isSensitive. If you look at the Leed Certifications you
to find Safe Housing. Safe Housing is basically thecan find a mire of paper work for their certification.
ability to live in a home without having to deal withHere is an example:
toxic products that are being installed or used in theMR Credit 7: Certified Wood:
home. In today's society, we find all kinds ofFiber from certified wood sources can be combined
problems with construction of modern day houses.with non-certified fiber in composite wood products.
Safe and affordable housing is the primary issue forThe certified fiber content of these composite wood
people with Asthma, Allergies and the Chemicallyproducts incorporated into the project may also be
Sensitive. In dealing with this issue for the last 15included in the quantity of certified wood included in
years, finding clean housing is almost impossible. Wethe project.
receive phone calls on a weekly basis from individualsSo in reality, you do not know what you are getting
looking for Safe Housing.except a chemical residue and odor inside of your
We find that people with Asthma, Allergies and thenew home. It is almost as bad as the Chinese Drywall
Chemically Sensitive that were in safe housing hadproblem because of the hurricanes in the last couple
significantly higher levels of real life functioning on aof years in Florida. We need to get a better handle
daily basis. They were able to work and had a higheron this so called certification program which people
quality of life style. People who live in safe housingthink is Green. It might be Carbon Green but it sure is
have a less stressful life and can cope on a daily basisfar from being Green For Humans. What good is
compared to other individuals living in toxic housing.Carbon Green when the people it was designed to
Houses are being constructed using particle or MDFhelp are made sick from the contents of the so
Board which is Leed Certified but is toxic tocalled Green product.
individuals with Asthma, Allergies of the Chemically