ABOUT INDOOR AIR QUALITY

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• According to the American College of Allergies, 50% of all illness is aggravated or caused by polluted indoor air.

• The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) themselves declare that indoor air is anywhere from 2 to 10 times more hazardous than outdoor air.

• The EPA also warns us that the indoor air quality is the United States' number one environmental health problem.

• Today's homes and buildings are built air-tight, and contain a long list of pollution sources (see list). As a result, natural air- cleansing agents such as ozone and negative ions are kept out, while contaminants are kept in.

• A recent study found that the allergen level in super- insulated homes is 200% higher than it is in ordinary homes.

• According to Scientific America, a baby crawling on the floor inhales the equivalent of 4 cigarettes a day, as a result of the outgassing of carpets, molds, mildews, fungi, dust mites, etc.

• Most people spend well over 90% of their time indoors. In which case, indoor air is going to impact our health far more than outdoor air.  

• The EPA informs us that 6 out of 10 homes and buildings are "sick", meaning they are hazardous to your health to occupy as a result of airborne pollutants.

• Asthma cases have increased by more than 100% since 1976.  

•  About 1 in 9 children now have asthma.  

• Death rates due to asthma have tripled, and quintupled in children ages 5 to 9, since 1976.  

• Hospitalization rates and doctor visits are still continuing to increase dramatically.