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PollutantsSort results by: Date Added | Alphabetically - 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.
- While air filtration isn't a cure-all, when used with source control and ventilation it can help improve indoor air quality.
- When a house is pressurized, soil gases and contaminants from within building cavities are kept out of the living space.
- Water filter systems can decrease exposure to carcinogens.
- Millions of Americans are drinking water contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical that came to national attention in the 2000 feature film Erin Brockovich.
- Cost-effective fan and ventilation systems help energy-efficient homes stay healthy.
- 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.
- Clearly, if the sources of pollutants are minimized, the air will be easier to keep fresh, clean and healthy.
- How to use native plants as alternatives to a traditional lawn.
- Benefits of using native plants in gardening and landscaping.
- The asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program administered by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) in partnership with the research organization, Allergy Standards Limited (ASL), announced on November 17th, 2009 that it has developed and adopted a certification standard and testing protocol for Non-Disinfecting Hard Surface Spray Cleaning Products.
- The Home Ventilating Institute (HVI) offers guidelines on how to select the right ventilation system for your home, how much air it should move and why, types of ventilation systems, and where to get more information on ventilation standards.
- The majority of U.S. families (67 percent) live in a home with at least one major health risk.
- Biomonitoring, the measurement of chemicals in blood, urine, and other tissues or fluids, is becoming an increasingly common tool in the study of human exposure to environmental chemicals; the problem is, it\'s hard to connect with health outcomes (abstract only).
- Burning candles made from paraffin wax – the most common kind used to infuse rooms with romantic ambiance, warmth, light, and fragrance – is a source of indoor air pollution.
- How to make your home a healthier place.
- Study samples measured less than background levels
for radon, radiation.
- Likely there is room for improvement. Here is what to do.
- Horticulturists Dr. Stanley Kays, Dr. Bodie Pennisi and research associate D.S. Wang at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Science are conducting ongoing research into the ability of houseplants to remove volatile organic compounds from the air.
- A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air.
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