Book chapter
Air Quality Hazards
A Watershed Year, p.163
University of Iowa Press
03/15/2010
Abstract
During times of flooding, waterborne hazards are obvious, but few think about the dangers that might be drifting through the air. Yet floods produce airborne hazards that often linger long after the flooding has ended.
Floods produce airborne chemical health hazards when previously contained toxic substances are released into the environment, and microbial hazards when post-flood conditions promote the growth of microorganisms. Some airborne hazards, like carbon monoxide, are widely recognized. Others such as spores from the moldAspergillus nigermay be unfamiliar to the general public.
Exposure to airborne hazards can occur in a variety of manners. Toxic agents
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Air Quality Hazards
- Creators
- Peter S. Thorne
- Contributors
- Cornelia F. Mutel (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- A Watershed Year, p.163
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/15/2010
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984000932102771
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