Toxic Office: Is Your Workplace Making You Sick?

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Toxic Offices

• Is Your Workplace Silently Making You Sick

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Is Your Office Toxic?

• If you think your office environment is a clean,
  safe place to work in
• And the only toxins youll encounter are your own
  colleagues
• It might be time to think again
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  om/toxic-office/

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Is Your Office Toxic?

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and
  Health (NIOSH) has seen investigations involving
  office toxins dramatically grow.
• In 1980, 6 of all cases
• In 1992, 42 of all cases
• In 2013 80-90 of all cases

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Sick Building Syndrome

• Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a situation in
  which building occupants experience acute health
  problems that appear to be linked to time spent
  in a building.
• Sick Building Syndrome can be caused by
• Inadequate ventilation and poor indoor air
  quality
• Chemical contaminants from indoor or outdoor
  sources
• Biological contaminants.

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Sick Building Syndrome

• WHO classifies approximately 30 new office
  buildings as sick.
• U.S. companies could save as much as 58 billion
  annually by preventing sick-building illnesses
  and an additional 200 billion in worker
  performance improvements by creating offices with
  better indoor air

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Beware of the Air You Breathe
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A Different Kind of Virus on Your Computer

• Percentage of the office surfaces tested and
  found to have high levels of germ contamination
• 75 of break room sink faucet handles
• 48 of microwave door handles
• 27 of keyboards
• 26 of refrigerator door handles
• 23 of water fountain buttons
• 21 of vending machine buttons

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A Different Kind of Virus on Your Computer

• The average desk has 400 times more bacteria than
  a toilet bowl, and is about 100 times more than
  the average kitchen table.
• The office desk 10 million bacteria per sq inch.
• Desktop surface 20,961 bacteria per sq inch
• Telephones 25,127 bacteria per sq inch
• PC Keyboards 3,295 bacteria per sq inch
• PC Mouse 1,676 bacteria per sq inch
• Office Toilet seat 49 bacteria per sq inch

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Chemical Overload in Computers

• The list of toxic components in computers
• Lead cadmium in computer circuit boards
• Cadmium in computer batteries
• Hexavalent Chromium on steel plates
• Lead oxide Barium in Cathode ray tubes
• Brominated flame-retardants (BFRs) in printed
  circuit boards, cables and plastic casing.
• Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVCs) in copper cables and
  plastic computer casings
• Mercury in switches and flat panel screens

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Chemical Overload in Computers

• The list of toxic components in computers
• Lead cadmium in computer circuit boards
• Cadmium in computer batteries
• Hexavalent Chromium on steel plates
• Lead oxide Barium in Cathode ray tubes
• Brominated flame-retardants (BFRs) in printed
  circuit boards, cables and plastic casing.
• Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVCs) in copper cables and
  plastic computer casings
• Mercury in switches and flat panel screens

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The Worst Brands
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Sick Workers- Impact of a toxic office

• It can take up to 7.2 years to get rid of some
  toxins accumulated in a human body.
• 64 million Americans or approximately 50 of the
  workforce complain of SBS style symptoms. 23 of
  those 64 million report that their symptoms
  improve after leaving their work environment.

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Short Term Impacts

• The commonest short term work-related effects
• Lethargy- 57
• Blocked nose- 47
• Dry throat- 46
• Headache- 43
• Itching eyes- 28
• Dry eyes 27
• Runny nose 23
• Flu like symptoms- 23
• Difficulty in breathing-9
• Chest tightness- 9

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Long Term Impacts

• Some Long Term effects include
• Cancer
• Liver damage
• Kidney damage
• Nervous system failure or coma
• Fluid in the lungs
• Memory loss
• Asthma
• Circulatory collapse
• Genetic changes and Birth defects
• Blindness

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What You Can Do to Detoxify Your Office

• Go Green Put plants around your desk to absorb
  toxins and clean the air
• Go for a Walk Open windows and take regular
  breaks outside in the fresh air (not in the car
  park surrounded by pollutants)
• Cleanse Your Body Go on a cleansing diet to help
  the body remove harmful toxins
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What You Can Do to Detoxify Your Office

• Chemical-Free Cleaning Products Ask your
  cleaners to use natural, toxin-free cleaning
  products
• Wipe Clean Use sanitizing wipes to clean your
  hands and equipment
• Throw Out Old Computers Old equipment leaks more
  toxins
• Clean the air Ensure the HVAC units are
  well-maintained and cleaned regularly

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