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INDOOR AIR QUALITY

Indoor Air Quality has emerged as a risk to public health. The increase of chemicals and synthetic materials in our homes and workplaces, coupled with today’s tighter, more insulated buildings, has created more potential hazards and health consequences.

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INDOOR AIR QUALITY CHALLENGES

UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC © 20131. “How Big a Problem is Poor Indoor Air Quality in Schools?” EPA, 12 Oct. 2010. Web: 20 Mar. 2013. http://iaq.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23007/Article/16120/How-big-a-problem-is-poor-Indoor-Air-Quality-in-schools

HOW CAN SCHOOLS CREATE HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENTS BY MINIMIZING TOXINS AND EMISSIONS?

UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC © 20132. “Indoor Air Quality & Sensitive Population Groups,” Air Quality Sciences, 2008. Web: 20 Mar. 2013.http://www.greenguard.org/Libraries/GG_Documents/Reformat_IAQ_and_Sensitive_Populations_FINAL_2.sflb.ashx

HOW CAN WE REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF INDOOR AIR?

UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC © 20133. “WAO White Book on Allergy 2011-2012: Executive Summary,” World Allergy Organization. Web: 20 Mar. 2013. http://www.worldallergy.org/publications/wao_white_book.pdf

HOW CAN WE BETTER MANAGE THE RISKS RELATED TO THE EFFECT CHEMICALS HAVE ON HUMAN HEALTH?

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UL’S NEW SCIENCE OF INDOOR AIR QUALITYUL’s Indoor Air Quality New Science involves a variety of important breakthroughs that can help improve quality of life. We are creating new testing methods, new insights and new equipment that help minimize and mitigate the adverse effects of indoor air. We are developing technologies to address rapidly changing societal, environmental and health needs.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF PAINT ON SCHOOL AIR

UL recently conducted two innovative classroom studies to evaluate the impact that different types of paints have on Indoor Air Quality in educational environments.

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WHAT DOES AN ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER TO GO ENABLE MANUFACTURERS TO DO?

Learn about how UL created our unique Environmental Chamber To Go to test large-scale industrial products for chemical emissions testing.

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READ WHAT OUR RESEARCH ON PAINT & VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS REVEALS

UL’s research has demonstrated the lack of correlation between measuring VOC content and emissions.

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DISCOVER WHAT INSIGHTS UL’S AIR QUALITY DATABASES PROVIDE

UL's searchable databases have been compiled for more than 20 years and build on our ability to categorize chemicals for environmental or health impact.

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SEE HOW OUR TESTS FOR SEMI VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ARE HELPING MAKE HOMES SAFER

UL has developed a first-of-its-kind technique involving collecting indoor air on specialized sorbent tubes followed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis.

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