Indoor Air Hazards Used in the Hazard Game Hazard or Health Effect after Description Source Pollutant Name Acute Exposure Deteriorating or damaged Mineral particle or Asbestos building materials that Lung cancer fiber contain asbestos Biological Hazards Rooms with high humidity Allergic reactions (eye, nose, Living organism or Cockroaches and wet or moist walls, and throat irritation, material from living Dust mites ceilings, furniture, bedding, coughing, sneezing); asthma organism such as Animal dander and carpets; air conditioning and asthma-like symptoms animal dander or Pollen systems and humidifiers; (respiratory illness, shortness cockroach parts) Mold household pets of breath) Caused by incomplete Fatigue/lethargy, chest pain, burning of any fuel. Colorless, odorless headache, dizziness, Carbon Monoxide Unventilated space heaters; poisonous gas confusion, nausea and, in tobacco smoke; fireplaces and cases of high exposures, death chimneys Mixture of chemicals (sulfur), particles Eye, nose, and throat (carbon soot) and Diesel engines on large irritation; asthma; allergic Diesel Exhaust gases (carbon vehicles like school buses symptoms; coughing; dioxide, carbon wheezing monoxide, nitrogen) from diesel engines Eye, nose, and throat Mixture of chemicals, irritation; headaches; Environmental Cigarettes, pipes or cigars; particles and gases wheezing; cough; sneezing; Tobacco Smoke (ETS) exhaled smoke from smoke asthma; and, with long-term exposure, lung cancer Lead-based paint and dust; Confusion, learning problems, Lead Toxic metal solder on pipes and food lack of coordination, and cans; contaminated soil or hyperactivity in children;
Indoor Air Hazards Used in the Hazard Game Hazard or Pollutant Name Description Source Health Effect after Acute Exposure Asbestos Mineral particle or fiber Deteriorating or damaged building materials that contain asbestos Lung cancer Biological Hazards Cockroaches Dust mites Animal dander Pollen Mold Living organism or material from living organism such as animal dander or cockroach parts) Rooms with high humidity and wet or moist walls, ceilings, furniture, bedding, and carpets; air conditioning systems and humidifiers; household pets Allergic reactions (eye, nose, and throat irritation, coughing, sneezing); asthma and asthma-like symptoms (respiratory illness, shortness of breath) Carbon Monoxide Colorless, odorless poisonous gas Caused by incomplete burning of any fuel. Unventilated space heaters; tobacco smoke; fireplaces and chimneys Fatigue/lethargy, chest pain, headache, dizziness, confusion, nausea and, in cases of high exposures, death Diesel Exhaust Mixture of chemicals (sulfur), particles (carbon soot) and gases (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen) from diesel engines Diesel engines on large vehicles like school buses Eye, nose, and throat irritation; asthma; allergic symptoms; coughing; wheezing Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Mixture of chemicals, particles and gases from smoke Cigarettes, pipes or cigars; exhaled smoke Eye, nose, and throat irritation; headaches; wheezing; cough; sneezing; asthma; and, with long-term exposure, lung cancer Lead Toxic metal Lead-based paint and dust; solder on pipes and food cans; contaminated soil or Confusion, learning problems, lack of coordination, and hyperactivity in children;