hausdok Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Fox News states that by making buildings more airtight, building owners increase "indoor-air contaminant concentrations and indoor-air humidity," and "stir up hazardous material ranging from asbestos to harmful caulking." Climate Progress takes issue with the report, while TreeHugger's Lloyd Alter says the argument has some validity. To read more, click here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Not a political statement, but it kind of turns out that way...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 Well, when any idiot can buy a can of spray foam and air seal something, sure it's got potential to be dangerous. It takes a fair amount of training to do it right. Hell, BPI doesn't even have it down right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted June 24, 2011 Report Share Posted June 24, 2011 When information is taken out of context, everything sounds bad. If a house has a ventilation system, and no one in the house has extreme sensitivities to whatever, things work OK. Got the other way, we get mold hysteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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