Author: Marianne Baker
Since moving into their new home, Maria and Geoff and their two children had regularly experienced respiratory and flu-like symptoms. Previously, they had all enjoyed quite good health.
As they wanted to determine whether anything in the home could be contributing to their health issues, they asked Building Wellness to conduct an assessment to identify any health hazards that may require either further investigation or remediation.
After dowsing for geopathic stress, testing EMF and radio frequency levels at all positions where family members spent the most time, looking for signs of moisture incursion and mould growth and testing for general indoor air quality and leaking natural gas, the only hazard identified was leaking gas near the cooking stove in the kitchen and near the hydronic heating unit outside one of the bedrooms.
As exposure to high levels of natural gas can result in health concerns, including asthma, other respiratory issues and general ill health due to compromised immunity, the occupants were advised to have a qualified tradesman inspect the gas appliances in the home and fix the leaks as soon as possible.
They were grateful for this finding, for while they had sometimes noticed the smell of gas in the kitchen, they had not realized that exposure to these fumes may have been adversely affecting their health.
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