How healthy is your office?

Many workers concerned about air and water quality

While many employers are bringing workers back to the office as the pandemic threat lessens, a new survey shows that many people are still concerned about the conditions inside.

Almost three-quarter (73 per cent) do not consider the indoor air and water as being safe in office buildings, condominiums and hotels, which might give some pause to those looking to rush back workers. And 51 per cent are concerned about the water quality in terms of their own health.

Sick building syndrome

“Sick building syndrome, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), recognizes the syndrome in buildings that at least 20 per cent of the occupants complain of the same the same illness: it can be headache, it can be diarrhea, it can be gastrointestinal illnesses,” says Gil Blutrich, founder and CEO of Clear, an air and water purifying company in Toronto. “…

SOURCE - HR Reporter, August 2021