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Indoor Air QualitySort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - Testing by NASA and other agencies has found that plants remove VOCs from indoor environments and contribute to better health and well-being.
- How to minimize allergy and asthma triggers this time of year.
- That sweet scent coming from your dryer vent may be less sweet than you think. Find out what harmful chemicals may actually be in your detergent and dryer sheets.
- The term airtight is often used to describe houses with very little natural air leakage. You can have an airtight house with plenty of fresh air flowing through it - if it has a mechanical ventilation system.
- Gases emitted by synthetic materials as they age or degrade can be harmful to your health.
- Simple ways to control asthma and allergies.
- When a house is pressurized, soil gases and contaminants from within building cavities are kept out of the living space.
- Clean Trust-Certified technicians may use particle counters to help ensure your air is clean after mold cleanup.
- January is national Radon Action Month and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency encourages everyone to test their homes for radon.
- Regardless of how efficient and effective air-cleaning devices are in removing pollutants, a question still remains about their ability to reduce adverse health effects.
- Controlled ventilation by means of a mechanical ventilation system is the only way to consistently, reliably, and predictably exchange the air in houses.
- Because Mother Nature is partially responsible for the air-exchange rate in all houses, it is important that we understand how she does her work.
- Fragranced products - including those that claim to be green - give off many chemicals that are not listed on the label.
- There are four basic strategies for improving air quality.
- As more people grasp that poor indoor air quality might be the cause of their illnesses, they are cleaning up their indoor environment and improving their ventilation.
- Contaminants in house dust are an important source of exposure that can be reduced by good design, good flooring choices, and good cleaning practices.
- You can help lessen these air-pollution problems by following simple precautions.
- Clearly, if the sources of pollutants are minimized, the air will be easier to keep fresh, clean and healthy.
- To feel comfortable and healthy, people simply need clean, fresh air. Mechanical ventilation systems are specifically designed to exchange the air in a house—as well as circulate it.
- How to make homes tight and ventilate right.
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