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AMERICAN HEALTHY HOMES SURVEY: A NATIONAL STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL RELATED HAZARDS
Citation:
BRADHAM, K. D., R. HIGHSMITH, L. S. SHELDON, D. M. STOUT, S. L. HARPER, S. J. VESPER, P. A. JONES, M. MEDINA-VERA, R. C. FORTMANN, E. A. COPPEDGE, C. W. CROGHAN, W. FRIEDMAN, E. PINZER, P. ASHLEY, D. COX, AND G. DEWALT. AMERICAN HEALTHY HOMES SURVEY: A NATIONAL STUDY OF RESIDENTIAL RELATED HAZARDS. Presented at ISEA/ISEE 2006, Paris, FRANCE, September 02 - 06, 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
The main goal of this task is to collaborate with HUD/OHHLHC to produce the first national survey assessing potential housing related exposure to analytes of interest to both agencies such as pesticides, mold, and arsenic concentrations found near CCA-treated wood structures. The AHHS will assess potential residential exposures for the general population, including but not limited to children and other susceptible subpopulations, to these key hazards.
Specifically, NERL's Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) will:
o Provide support to HUD for the development of the study design, statistical sampling, sampling and analysis protocols, and quality assurance plan for an observational study of potential exposure concentrations.
o Provide Standard Operating Procedures for the collection and analysis of the environmental samples supporting EPA/ORD/NERL objectives, including indoor wipes for pesticides (~ 500 samples) and house dust and soil samples for arsenic and bioavailable arsenic (select sub-samples).
o Analyze the environmental samples supporting ORD/EPA/NERL objectives and provide HUD/OHHLHC with the pesticides validated data within 12 months following the completion of the field study. Analyze the environmental samples supporting ORD/EPA/NERL objectives and provide HUD/OHHLHC with results for the other environmental samples as generated.
o Assist in the analysis and reporting of the HUD and EPA study data and the publication of an overall study report.
o Co-author with HUD peer reviewed publications summarizing the scientific results.
Description:
The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control conducted a national survey of housing related hazards in US residences. The collaborative study, the American Healthy Homes Survey (AHHS), was designed to assess residential concentrations of lead, allergens, mold, pesticides, and arsenic for the general population, including but not limited to children and other susceptible subpopulations, to these key hazards.