AUSTIN, TX — Just because a building is given a clean bill of health doesn’t mean that the cleaning process ends. “The work doesn’t end when remediation is over,” said Steve Ashkins of Healthy Housekeeping Solutions.
At the recent Healthy Indoor Environments (HIE) 2002 Conference, Ashkins gave some statistics that supported his reasons for maintaining clean buildings: 4.8 million children suffer from asthma; cancer is the No. 1 related cause of death in children each year (8,500 children are diagnosed with cancer each year); and some cases of autism and learning disabilities (including hyperactivity) are attributed to poor IAQ.