title: Living with toxic poisioning.
abstract: In 1991 I was working as an administration officer at a school in North Queensland. I worked with two other women in a very small office and there were three other offices nearby, each with one person in them. The education department decided to put down new flooring around these offices, down the adjoining stairway and along the adjoining hallway. The new flooring was made up of coloured chips spread over the floor coated by a two part resin. At the time the flooring was being laid, the weather was very wet and humid. The two part coating would not set. It was soft to touch and smelt toxic. After complaints from office staff to the education department, the floor was patched up. This process happened about three times over a 3 year period.
authors: Jude
authors: J
authors: Nechwatal
mesh_terms: D000269:Adhesives / Q000633:toxicity*; D001315:Australia; D003348:Cortisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004782:Environmental Health; D018876:Environmental Illness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018777:Multiple Chemical Sensitivity / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011793:Queensland; D012307:Risk Factors; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000269:Adhesives; D003348:Cortisone