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Autumnal Equinox

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20th Anniversary Celebration !

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World Cleanup Day

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5 Asthma and Allergy Tips for a Healthier Home for the Holidays

Holiday decorations make your home fun and festive. But they can also bring in asthma triggers and allergens. How do you deck the halls while keeping a healthy home? Here are five asthma & allergy friendly® tips for a healthier home for the holidays. Wear a mask while dusting off decoration... Read More

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

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Why Indoor Air Quality is Important to Schools

Overview Most people are aware that outdoor air pollution can impact their health, but indoor air pollution can also have significant and harmful health effects. EPA studies of human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants may be two to five times — and occasionally m... Read More

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

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Indoor Air Pollution from Cooking

Cooking can contaminate the indoor air with harmful pollutants, but range hoods can effectively remove them. People use a variety of heat sources to cook food, including gas, wood, and electricity. Each of these heat sources can create indoor air pollution during cooking. Natural gas and propane ... Read More

Reading the Air Quality Index

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is a representation of air pollution concentration levels. It assigns numbers on a scale between 0 and 500 and is used to help determine when air quality is expected to be unhealthy. Based on federal air quality standards, the AQI includes measures for six major air po... Read More

Volatile Organic Compounds’ Impact on Indoor Air Quality

Introduction Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than ... Read More

Primary Causes of Indoor Air Problems – Secondhand Smoke and Smoke-free Homes

What is Secondhand Smoke? Secondhand smoke is a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars or pipes and the smoke exhaled by smokers. Secondhand smoke is also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Exposure to secondhand smoke is sometimes cal... Read More

Primary Causes of Indoor Air Problems

  Indoor pollution sources that release gases or particles into the air are the primary cause of indoor air quality problems. Inadequate ventilation can increase indoor pollutant levels by not bringing in enough outdoor air to dilute emissions from indoor sources and by not carrying indoor air po... Read More
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