Winter and Indoor Air Pollution: What You Can Do

Air Pollution.  The term usually conjures the image of factory chimneys belching out toxic black smoke.  But most people don’t realize the biggest threat lurks inside their homes.  According to the EPA, indoor air levels of many pollutants may be 2 to 5 times and occasionally up to 100 times higher than outdoor levels.   Most people spend as much as 90% of their time indoors, which underscores the importance of indoor air quality as a factor in our overall health.[i] Indoor air pollution becomes even more critical at this time of year since we don’t get frequent exchanges of outside air in...

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