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Student Digs Into Couch Cushions For Asthma Triggers

by Derek Markham on March 5, 2009 · 0 comments

couchA student research project funded by the EPA is looking in the most unlikely places for triggers to diseases like asthma: furniture cushions.

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Jon McKinney, a junior at Missouri University of Science and Technology, is helping to develop the science of building forensics by identifying the chemical fingerprints of foam components present in common furniture items. [read the full article...]

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