帶病建築物症狀群Sick building syndrome

帶病建築物症狀群 我們的四周到處有黴菌，中文黴菌與霉菌同音，兩者同屬真菌類，但是所指的東西卻有差異。真菌的英文是fungus，複數則為fungi。說起來一點不錯，地球上每個人都持續暴露在真菌的環境中。這些真菌對人類的影響至鉅，好壞程度各異，從酵母菌、霉菌的微生物，到各式各樣的蘑菇植物，它們無所不在。現在筆者要討論的是其中一種特殊的真菌，學名叫做Stachybotrys chartarum，是黑色毒霉菌 (toxic black mold)。這種霉菌常會不請自來，它們入侵家園的每一個角落，隱藏在縫隙之中，或繁殖於肉眼看不見的陰暗處。有時橫行肆虐，破壞建築物，毒孢子散佈到空中，被人或寵物吸入或污染食物，危害健康，使受害者產生許多症狀。 其實房屋的災情因季節、氣候、地理位置而有不同。舉個例子，現在正好是颱風季節，熱帶風暴Fay剛過，颶風Gustav緊接而來，夾豪雨，釀水災。根據聯邦環保署 (EPA) 的報告，北美地區有二到四成的住家和建築物都受到霉菌的破壞，特別是每次嚴重水災浩劫過後。禍不單行的是，美國每年就有2900萬人因霉菌而得過敏之病。霉菌中毒是既知的事實，但多半情形不會被公開，除非變成公共衛生問題，或住家(建築物)的霉菌被檢查人員揭露時，才會引起人們的重視。EPA曾經不遺餘力，追查芝加哥一家居民水災過後受Stachybotrys 毒霉菌感染的嚴重案件，以及1993年叢生於克利夫蘭的洪水災區，27名嬰兒急性肺出血 (9死) 的報告。 ／鎮暄 2008-09-28 Sick building syndrome We are everywhere around the mold, fungus and mold Chinese is a homonym, that the two are the types of fungi, but there are differences within the meaning of things. English is a fungal fungus, is the plural fungi. Said that it is true that everyone on Earth continued exposure to fungus in the environment. These human fungus to the impact of huge, with varying degrees of good and bad, from yeast, mold micro-organisms, to a wide variety of mushroom plant, which everywhere. I now wish to discuss is one of the special fungi, the scientific name is called Stachybotrys chartarum, a black toxic mold (toxic black mold). This mold often have not been invited, the invasion of their homeland every corner to hide in the cracks, or breeding in the shadows invisible to the naked eye. Sometimes run rampant, and damage to buildings, toxic spores dispersed into the air, or by inhalation or contaminated pet food, health hazards, many of the victims have symptoms. In fact, the housing situation as a result of the season, climate, geographical location and different. For example, the time has come for the typhoon season, Tropical Storm Fay has just passed, followed by Hurricane Gustav, folder torrential rain, floods brewing. According to the federal Environmental Protection (EPA) report, North America, there are two Daosi Cheng's home and buildings are subject to mold damage, in particular, every time after a serious flood disaster. Misfortunes never come singly, the United States each year, there were 29,000,000 as a result of the above-mentioned mold allergy disease. Mold poisoning knows is the fact that, but most cases will not be made public unless the issue into the public health, or home (buildings) of the mold was exposed when the inspectors would draw attention. EPA has spared no effort to trace a Chicago residents affected by flooding after the drug Stachybotrys mold of a serious infection cases in 1993, as well as problems in the flood affected areas of Cleveland, 27 infants with acute pulmonary hemorrhage (9 dead). / The town of Xuan 2008-09-28 View more information, see the World Journal reported that e-ePaper

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