Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that “most Americans spend about 90 percent of their time indoors, where pollutant levels may be 2-5 times higher, and occasionally 100 times higher, than outdoors.
The Agency defines indoor air pollution as chemical, physical or biological contaminants in the breathable air inside a habitable structure or conveyance, such as in homes, schools, offices, and vehicles. Sources of indoor air pollution include natural sources, building materials, products, and occupant activities.
Health effects from indoor air pollution range from immediate to long-term, and treatable to severely debilitating or fatal. Children are especially vulnerable to these pollutants. Children eat more, drink more, and breathe more than adults in proportion to their body weight, increasing their exposure to contaminants that may be in air, water, soil or food.”
The best way to improve indoor are quality is to take the following steps:
• open windows
• have plants in your house
• reduce the use of chemicals such as pesticides, bleach, detergent, spray
• use aroma therapy by boiling herbs such as cinnamon, cardamom or clove, and
• take a walk.
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