Over the last decade, a growing body of environmental health research has shown that chemicals that are known or suspected to be hazardous to our health are ubiquitously used in the built environment. Through this post, we share and discuss the impact building materials can have on human health and how we as designers can ask the right questions and push the industry toward this much needed change of executing healthier projects.
Hazardous Chemicals
Assessment Tools
https://pharosproject.net
https://livin-future.org/lbc/redlist
https://healthymaterialslab.org/
https://www.mindfulmaterials.com/
https://spot.ul.com
https://www.fitwel.org/new-investor-consensus/
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/cdc-analyzes-toxics-humans
https://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/Report_Chemical_List-508.pdf
Over the last decade, a growing body of environmental health research has shown that chemicals that are known or suspected to be hazardous to our health are ubiquitously used in the built environment. Through this post, we share and discuss the impact building materials can have on human health and how we as designers can ask the right questions and push the industry toward this much needed change of executing healthier projects.
Hazardous Chemicals
Assessment Tools
https://pharosproject.net
https://livin-future.org/lbc/redlist
https://healthymaterialslab.org/
https://www.mindfulmaterials.com/
https://spot.ul.com
https://www.fitwel.org/new-investor-consensus/
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/cdc-analyzes-toxics-humans
https://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/pdf/Report_Chemical_List-508.pdf
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