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The study of two hospitals was a first for researching the microbiology of the built environment in South Africa – a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding how to design healthier buildings.
Our health depends on the quality of air indoors, where most of us spend 90% of our time. The easiest solution is to open a window, but what if that’s not an option?
It may come as a surprise but air pollution levels indoors are almost always higher than outside, even in busy city centres. Even more surprising is that indoor plants have the ability to mitigate high…
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Senior Research Fellow, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Macquarie University and the South West Sydney Clinical School, UNSW Sydney. Affiliate, Centre for Safe Air., UNSW
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Director, Plants and Environmental Quality Research Group, University of Technology Sydney
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GTP Safety And Facilities Manager, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Researcher, Architect, Healthy building specialist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester