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New office buildings may breed health hazards
Move toward energy efficiency
decreased fresh air ventilation
You feel fine every morn
inq Until you reach the office,
when you start sneezing. smf
fling or Suffer from a general
feeling of physical malaise
You re not allergic to work,
per se. but you might be aller
gic to the building in which
you work Office buildings,
like homes can be a breeding
ground of environmental ha/
ards
Add to that other work re
lated hazards, such as video
display terminals and repot•
tive strain injuries, and the
workplace can endanger your
health Fortunately there are
solutions to these health ha/
ards. but it takes patience
as well as a smart employer
to track them down
Sick buildings make people
sick Indoor air pollution can
give workers itchy eyes, sore
throats, runny noses, di/zi
ness, headaches, fatigue and
nausea It 20 percent of em
ployees suiter these symp
toms, the olhce probably oc
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Pari of the problem began
say the authors ot The Solu
lion to Pollution in the tVorM
place in the 70s. when the
energy crisis led to more ener
gy efficient buildings But
that reduced the free flow of
fresh air
So poor ventilation allows
toxins such as asbestos
formaldehyde bacteria
molds, tobacco smoke lead
and pesticides — to circulate
Dirty air filters circulate dust
New carpets and dry cleaning
chemicals give off toxic
fumes
The discovery of Sick
Building Syndrome is relative
ly recem. anu worrsts eum
plaints are often the only clue
there is a problem There are,
however, environmental con
suiting firms that are
equipped to diagnose sick
buildings
Workers who spend their
days in front of video display
terminals can suffer from a
host of problems
Hunching over a monitor
causes back, shoulder and
neck strain Wrists bend awk
wardly at the keyboard can
lead to carpal tunnel syn
drome, a painful nerve disor
der And the glare of compu
ter monitors can cause
blurred vision and headaches
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JOBS
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ship, a trained chef will
earn an average $35,000
salary A top flight exec
utive chef can earn
$200,000
Are health care ben
efits and costs a prob
lem for your company?
Enter the health-care
cost manager, a new
breed of corporate exec
utive who can earn
$75,000 to more than
$200,000 for helping
slash a firm's medical
outlays As many as 70
percent of Fortune 500
companies are expected
to include this position
in their organizational
charts by 1995.
ENVIRONMENT JOBS
If you are interested
in cleaning up the planet
and protecting it from
further exploitation, be
come an environmental
specialist
Technically trained
people are most in de
mand These include
hazardous waste clean
up teams, recycling spe
cialists and waste han
dlmg management ex
perts, as well as profes
sionals whose expertise
overlaps environmental
concerns: accountants,
attorneys, personnel
managers, assessors,
heavy equipment opeia
tors, geologists, hydrol
ogists civil engineers
and more
TECHNICAL CAREERS
We re in the midst of
a computer explosion,
and job growth in the
field is destined to be
superb, said Robert
and Anne Snellmg, au
thors of Jobs' What
They Are. Where They
Are. What They Pay
One excellent entry
level job is systems ana
• yst These analyze busi
ness procedures and
problems, and design
and test computer pro
grams A college degree
with an emphasis in
computer science can
launch a career that
starts in the mid
$20 000s
Also not surprisingly
anyone who specializes
in computer repair or
modification is in an ex
cellent position
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Congratulations
to the
graduating class
of 1991!