Mold and Allergy Safety Links
Links to Web Sites with Useful Information Related to Molds, Fungi and Mycotoxins, with Specific Reference to Allergy and Asthma

• OSHA Safety And Health Topics: Mold and Fungus
  http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/molds/index.html
  


• Environmental Protection Agency: "Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools (TfS) Program"
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/index.html
  


• IAQ Tools for Schools - Managing Asthma in a School Environment - Additional Resources
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/asthma/ar.htm
  


• EPA's Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Home Page
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq
  


• EPA's Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Home Page - Molds and Moisture
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/
  


• Asthma Triggers - Molds
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/triggers/molds.html
  


• Indoor Air Pollution - An Introduction for Health Professionals (online book)
  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ehp/ehd/catalogue/bch_pubs/fungal.pdf
  


• Indoor Environmental Standards Organization (which has a mold inspection standard)
  http://www.iestandards.org
  


• H.R. 5040: The United States Toxic Mold Safety and Protection Act
  http://www.house.gov/conyers/mold.htm
  


• California: General Sanitation Requirements for Mold
  http://www.dir.ca.gov/OSHSB/sanitationreq2.html
  


• California: Molds in Indoor Workplaces
  http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/ohb/HESIS/molds.pdf
  


• University of Minnesota Extension Service and Minnesota Department of Environmental Health and Safety: School Indoor Air Quality Questions
  http://www.dehs.umn.edu/schooliaq.html
  


• Airborne Fungal Glossary
  http://www.dehs.umn.edu/fungus/myco.html
  


• Fungal Pictures
  http://www.dehs.umn.edu/fungus/pict.html
  


• The Future of Fungal Identification (with an inclusive list of pertinent mold species) from P&K Microbiology Services
  http://www.envirocenter.com/PCR/pcr_analysis_packages.htm
  


• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH-EPA Building Air Quality Action Plan - Table of Contents
  http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/98-123a.html
  


• National Center for Environmental Health: Questions and Answers on Stachybotrys chartarum and other molds
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/asthma/factsheets/molds/default.htm
  


• MMWR Weekly publication, March 10, 2000 / 49(09);180-4 - Update: Pulmonary Hemorrhage/Hemosiderosis Among Infants - Cleveland, Ohio, 1993-1996
  http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4909a3.htm
  


• National Center for Infectious Disease, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, Index of general information pages
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/
  


• Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene: Questions and Answers About Molds
  http://mdpublichealth.org/oeh/html/mold.html
  


• Maryland Childhood Asthma Program
  http://mdpublichealth.org/och/html/asthma.html
  


• The Science of Mold - a massive Links page - from Moldupdate.com
  http://www.moldupdate.com/science.htm
  


• California Department of Health Services: Mold in My Home - What Do I Do?
  http://www.cal-iaq.org/mold0107.htm
  


• Molds in Buildings - AFSCME
  http://www.afscme.org/health/faq-mold.htm
  


• Environmental Health Investigations Branch, mold publications online (Fungi & Indoor Air Quality)
  http://www.dhs.cahwnet.gov/org/ps/deodc/ehib/EHIB2/topics/mold.html
  


• NC State University, Cooperative Extension: Mold, dust mites, fungi, spores, and pollen Bioaerosols in the human environment
  http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/housing/docs/fcs3605.html
  


• New York City Department of Health "Guidelines on Assessment and Remediation of Fungi in Indoor Environments"
  http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/epi/moldrpt1.html
  


• University of Texas: Medical Mycology
  http://fungusweb.utmb.edu/mycology/
  


• Mycology Dictionary
  http://fungusweb.utmb.edu/mycology/glossary.html
  


• National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine: Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures (online book)
  http://www.nap.edu/books/0309064961/html/
  


• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
  http://www.aaaai.org
  


• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
  http://www.aafa.org
  

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