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- Rodale
- May 30, 2011
- 5:01 pm
- 111 comments
Shockingly, the air inside your home may be five times more polluted than what you breathe outdoors. It’s time to clear things up.
By Katherine Bowers, Women’s Health
All the major air pollutants (car exhaust, factory fumes, sidewalk smokers) are outside, right? Not so much. Indoor air may be the grimiest stuff our lungs filter each day. Studies show that things like candles, printers, and even shoes can fill your rooms with harmful contaminants, says Ted Myatt, Sc.D., an environmental scientist in Boston. But there’s no need to live in a tent in your backyard–just follow these easy steps to lighten the load on your respiratory system.
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Very good report, and a true report, the times I use my Ventolin inside my property it was unbelieveable,
When going outside in the town very rear I have to use my Ventolin,
on Sundays, afternoon I always go into the Countryside of Barlaston in Stoke-on-Trent, feels if I could rule the world, never have use the said Ventolin, however, when returning home, I am Dead to the world, that much Fresh Air in one go, does indeed knock me out at Night.
I am a sever Asthmatic.
Shoes come off at the door. I only use candles in emergency cases, such as power outages, because they're less expensive than using up batteries on flashlights. The only other times I use candles are for birthdays and jack-o-lanterns.
That's excellent info - very informative. I need to move away from living alongside a road that has far too much air and noise pollution - my lungs tell me this... my whole body reacts against the noise pollution. So enough is enough !
I didn't know many of those, thank you!
Thanks, that was a revelation! now I will be more careful about candles, wood furniture, dust, mold. I don't use printers ... another reason not to use it.
Woah, never knew that about printers. I will be relocating mine. Thank you so much for this article.
Thank you for the useful information. I didn't know about the furniture and printers.
I kinda knew all of these except the printers dont have one at home but in my office. OMG am I going to die from working!
thanks for sharing, i knew only 2 out of the 6 which make me think deeper again.
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