Re: Today Show episode on Sick Buildings

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry I missed this!!! Do you have an address we could send our stories

to?

I have heard of the moisture meters that inspectors use to measure dampness

in walls.

The electricity is interesting because that's one of the questions Dr.

Shoemaker asked me when I first saw him. I had many electric shocks from things

that I touched and had terrible sleeping problems. During the day the fatigue

was almost coma like but at night I couldn't go to sleep and would be awake

most of the night. I can't stand to be around scented candles which give me

headaches that last for about 24 hrs. The only thing I can do is go to bed with

an icepack and only time will take get rid of it. Taking two darvocet doesn't

even help at all.

Thanks for sharing the info.

Sue

The Today Show this morning featured the topic of how your house may

be making you sick and guests who were from this show were from this

website:

_http://greennest.http_ (http://greennest.com/)

Person on show used a hand held moisture detector up to walls to help

to find leaks. I wonder how well those work? Some people here who

inspect homes may have some input on those.

Also, they discussed too much electricity in the air. They said that

the 'electrical voltage' coming off of a sleeping childs skin there

was more than 1 volt. Person said that can cause hyperactivity and

sleep problems. It is from too much electricity in house air. In

this case crib was up against a wall that high voltage wires went

through.

They also mentioned mold and dust mites in carpeting and other things,

scented candles (said you can buy candles made from vegetable oil like

soybean oil that are unscented), etc. ..so pretty interesting

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue, Apparently looking at the greennest.com site they have been

on other shows, so perhaps telling 'them'/people at Greennest. The

Today Show did have a couple from San Diego, CA (you wouldn't think

that area would have mold issues but...?) featured on story. They

weren't real sick but woman said her son/s, who were quite young,

had asthma so said she would be cleaning up the house now, and was

surprised by all the 'health problems' found.

I found the electricity thing real interesting too. I have two

computers on all the time and more than one tv set on sometimes just

as 'background' noise so perhaps that isn't good. Woman said you

can get something that you actually switch the circuit breaker off

at night for bedroom. I don't know how that would work. House

could also be near high electric transmitters. Something else to

consider.

I shock everything and everyone during the winter but I think in my

case it's dehydration. I guess I could be 'charged' also! I

certainly sit in front of my computer enough. I also have a Tivo

going constantly, which is a computer that emits a constant faint

sound that reminds me of tinnitis/(ringing in ears) that I've gotten

used to but is proof of electricity it is sending off. You can't

turn them off or they can't tape shows. They tape all day and all

night. Whatever time you turn on television, they have the last 20

minutes of whatever channel it is tuned to, so if you tune it on at

15 min past 9 and you like the show that is on, you can back up tape

and watch it from the beginning, etc. Maybe I will unplug it before

I go to bed.

I wonder how well the moisture meters work. I see them from $30 to

over $400. Noone testing for mold came with one. Well...they did

come with hand held gauge that gave the percent of humidity. I

thought that was handheld humidity gauge, but maybe it was moisture

meter..?

It wasn't a 'feature' story. It lasted about 5 minutes but at least

it was something and they discussed topic of perhaps your home is

making you sick!

I looked for info on segment on the Today Show website but couldn't

find anything, just got info at greennest.com, which sells a CD on

topic, products and other things.

>

>

> I'm sorry I missed this!!! Do you have an address we could send

our stories

> to?

> I have heard of the moisture meters that inspectors use to measure

dampness

> in walls.

> The electricity is interesting because that's one of the questions

Dr.

> Shoemaker asked me when I first saw him.

[Guest guest]

I wonder if there is too much electricity in the air in my apartment.

At times I can't sit still. I have to shake something off me, and

many times I've thought; 'it sure feels like electricity'. Maybe some

adults are bothered by this too, not just the very young. Also, it

might not have to be a high voltage, some of us can feel it at lower

voltages. We are surrounded be a lot of electicity.

>

> The Today Show this morning featured the topic of how your house

may

> be making you sick and guests who were from this show were from

this

> website:

>

> http://greennest.com/

>

> Person on show used a hand held moisture detector up to walls to

help

> to find leaks. I wonder how well those work? Some people here who

> inspect homes may have some input on those.

>

> Also, they discussed too much electricity in the air. They said

that

> the 'electrical voltage' coming off of a sleeping childs skin there

> was more than 1 volt. Person said that can cause hyperactivity and

> sleep problems. It is from too much electricity in house air. In

> this case crib was up against a wall that high voltage wires went

> through.

>

> They also mentioned mold and dust mites in carpeting and other

things,

> scented candles (said you can buy candles made from vegetable oil

like

> soybean oil that are unscented), etc. ..so pretty interesting.

>