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Interesting Facts about Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
According to the EPA the indoor air quality is the #1 environmental health concern. Just because you can't see it or smell it does not mean it is not dangerous to your health! - The Silent Killer. Indoor air pollution is wide spread. You are more likely to get sick from pollution in your home and office than from pollution in the air outside. - The American Lung Association. 50% of all illnesses are caused or aggravated by indoor air pollution. (ACA)
Indoor Air Quality is so important because we spend 90% of our time indoors.
It is hard to come up with another problem that affects more people than indoor air pollution. - Professor of Environmental Health Sciences. Lost productivity associated with indoor air pollution costs businesses and estimated $60 billion per year. Adults inhale 23,000 times a day. Children breath. almost twice as fast as adults. Each day we breath in 32 pounds of oxygen PLUS whatever is in the air. yuck
The average person breathes in 2 teaspoons of pollutants at home and work each day. Asthma cases have increased by more than 100% since 1976. About 1 in 9 children now have asthma. A baby crawling on the floor inhales the equivalent of 4 cigarettes a day, as a result of the off gassing of the carpets, molds, mildews, fungi, dust mites, etc? (according to Scientific America). Scientists state 10 million dust mites can live in your bed. 40,000 dust mites can live in 1 ounce of dust. The average home of 1500 square feet has 40 pounds of dust.
80% of that dust is made up of dead skin cells from people. We lose our outer layer of skin every 29 days. We lose about 10,000 dead skin cells an hour. Dust mite feces/excrement is the #1 allergen to seniors and children. Chemicals have replaced both viruses and bacteria as the main threat to human health. One puff of cigarette smoke creates 3,900 chemical gases. 29 different dry cleaning chemicals are brought into your home by dry cleaning. many are carcinogenic. Wall to wall carpet, poorly ventilated fireplaces, kerosene heaters, mold and bacterial toxins, dust mites...an almost endless collection of highly allergenic products have invaded our homes and we have sealed them in with deadly precision. - The Wall Street Journal
Today's homes and buildings are built air-tight and contain a long list of pollution sources. The EPA tested for 20 different hazardous chemicals: 11 consistently found in ALL homes, and the indoor pollution exceeded outdoor pollution by 5 to 10 times for EVERY chemical, in EVERY season, in EVERY city they tested.
Potential effects caused by or aggravated by pollution: nervous system, respiratory distress, cardiovascular effects, reproductive effects, afternoon slump, forgetfulness, lung cancer, irritability, AM cough, depression, blue moods, dizziness, itchy eyes, hyperactivity, sneezing, asthma, lethargy, headache, snoring, dry throat, allergies, nausea, nose bleeds, uneasy sleep.
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