Indoor Air Quality

Indoor air is significantly more polluted than outdoor air in most homes according to the EPA.  Asthma and respiratory illnesses are on the rise.  More and more people, especially children, are developing sensitivities to common chemicals.  On top of it all, we have to guard against the emerging ‘super-bugs’.  During the winter season, we will all be spending more time indoors, increasing concerns about these issues.  So…now is the time to start detoxing your home.

Detox Your Home

Over the next few weeks we’ll be talking about ways to detoxify your home, improve indoor air quality, control allergens, and decrease chemical exposures.  Our New Year gift to you is these next few blogs to guide you to a healthier house and a healthier you.

So, why is indoor air so much more polluted than outdoor air?  Pollutants and allergens enter our homes from many sources:  outdoors, indoor plants with their pots and soils, cooking, dust mites and other bio-pollutants, as well as off-gassing from household chemicals, including cleaning chemicals among others.  To compound the problem, our snug houses tend to hold and concentrate those pollutants.  The poison is in the dosage, so things that may not cause much problem outside in small concentrations may cause greater problems as they become concentrated inside.

Next time we’ll talk a little more about pollutants and the fact that what you can’t see CAN hurt you.