Clean Air Crisis?
- Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2007 filed in Web Articles
According to the EPA, indoor levels of pollutants may be 5 times to 1000’s of TIMES HIGHER than outdoor levels, because in addition to the outdoor pollutants that come inside, there are many indoor sources of air pollution.
Many people BELIEVE that if they are INDOORS, they are safe from air pollution. Did you know that AIR POLLUTION can occur indoors as well as outdoors, and may be even more harmful indoors? Air pollution research shows that 70% of outdoor air pollutants flow indoors so they are found in the indoor air environment as well. In fact, indoor levels of pollutants may be 5 times to 1000’s of TIMES HIGHER than outdoor levels, because in addition to the outdoor pollutants that come inside, there are many indoor sources of air pollution. (For example, TOXIC MOLD, MILDEW, SMOKE ODORS, PET ODORS, DUST MITES. BACTERIA & Carbon Monoxide from home furnaces).
Over 2 billion people WORLDWIDE use traditional fuels for cooking and home heating. According the World Health Organization, this widespread use results in the premature deaths of an estimated 2 MILLION PEOPLE annually, with women and children being most significantly effected. http://www.epa.gov/iaq/
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