Air quality expert says information provided does not demonstrate whether schools are meeting minimum standards.
“The schools’ guideline document references a two-year-old ASHARE document that has been superseded by my task force’s guidance and the occupational health and safety document refers to a document we produced in 1989,” he said. “So these are pretty dated material.”
“If we can convince ourselves that airborne transmission isn’t really very important, then this ventilation and filtration stuff doesn’t matter,” he said. “So we sanitize surfaces, we wash our hands and the whole engineering controls for building systems has been largely ignored.”Article contentHVAC upgrades were made last year at Eastview Elementary in North Vancouver.
Many of the online reports include common fixes, include running HVAC systems for two to four hours after everyone has left the school, or that an HVAC system has been adjusted to allow for an increased supply of outside air. But Bahnfleth said that does not provide the information needed to assess to what degree ventilation systems are purifying the air.Article content
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COVID-19: Pandemic limits felt like 'war' on B.C. seniorsA new SFU report says seniors suffered more isolation, depression. Some groups pivoted well to help them but others must make changes.
Read more »
COVID-19: Pandemic limits felt like 'war' on B.C. seniorsA new SFU report says seniors suffered more isolation, depression. Some groups pivoted well to help them but others must make changes.
Read more »
Ontario’s top doctor rules out new mask mandates as COVID-19 infections skyrocketThere will be no new mask mandates in Ontario but it makes “tremendous sense” to keep masking on public transit, in hospitals and nursing homes past April 27, chief medical officer Dr. Kieran Moore said Monday.
Read more »
Canadian Civil Liberties Association challenging Nova Scotia COVID-19 protest ban | Globalnews.caA Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge refused to hear the Canadian Civil Liberties Association's challenge to the injunction in June 2021.
Read more »
Ottawa signals end is near for COVID-19 pandemic supports for businesses‘Our ability to spend is not infinite,’ Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says as the federal government’s remaining COVID-19 pandemic subsidies are set to expire in May
Read more »