A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR, STEPHEN ANDREWS

For the past fourteen years, I have immersed myself in seeking to understand why buildings become sick, how those buildings can make people sick and finding solutions to fix them. As an environmental investigator, I help find the hidden sources of toxins in the home and help people eliminate them to improve their health and their resistance to disease.

During home inspection visits, I hear different variations on the same story: the homeowner has become chronically ill and has not been able to find a source of their ailment despite spending a great deal of time and money searching for answers. Most people don’t realize that the symptoms they are suffering from may be caused by poor indoor air quality in their home.

I wrote this book to raise awareness of the many health concerns associated with sick building syndrome and to provide solutions for making and keeping homes healthy.

I am not a doctor, and I don’t pretend to give medical advice. I also know every question and every situation cannot be addressed in the pages that follow, but it is my hope that this book will help those who read it, and that it will provide the tools and information necessary to begin the journey to restored health.