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Is your home’s indoor air unhealthy?

We usually think of air pollution as outdoors coming from a power plant or vehicle emissions,
but the air inside our home can be 2-5 times more unhealthy leading to allergies and asthma.
Here you will find resources to improve your indoor air quality (IAQ) and explore:

  • -   How does the air in my home become unhealthy? How will unhealthy air affect me?
  • -   How can I test to find out what indoor air quality problems may be in my home?
  • -   What are indoor allergy triggers? How can I make my indoor air healthier?
Join in and share your experiences. We all want to breathe easier and become healthier.

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Test your granite countertops for radon.
Indoor Air Quality 11
12 years ago Karen Wintress

Test your granite countertops for radon.

ALERT!  Here’s what happened. Back in 2006, Dr. Sugarman, a NJ pediatrician bought a summer home in Lake George, NY. A routine home inspection found that the radon levels inside her home were elevated. She hired a radon measurement Read More →
Many products we bring home contain VOCs.
Indoor Air Quality 11
12 years ago Karen Wintress

Many products we bring home contain VOCs.

ALERT! Here’s what happened. Recently I received an email about WD-40 entitled “The main ingredient in WD-40 GOTTTA READ”. The message included a list of over 40 ways that you could use the product and concluded with P.S. Read More →

Indoor air quality can be unhealthy in hotels.
Indoor Air Quality 11
12 years ago Karen Wintress

Indoor air quality can be unhealthy in hotels.

ALERT!  Here’s what happened. This is a tale of two hotels. It was the best of stays and it was the worst of stays. This summer I stayed in a new, exceedingly clean hotel in Wake Read More →

Plants can purify the air in our home.
Indoor Air Quality 11
12 years ago Karen Wintress

Plants can purify the air in our home.

ALERT!  Here’s what happened. This is actually a cautionary tale of what could happen. Some house plants are known to filter impurities such as formaldehyde out of indoor air. But not all plants can serve as air filters, and Read More →
Water is another way radon can enter our home.
Radon 8
12 years ago Karen Wintress

Water is another way radon can enter our home.

Those who have heard of the potential for radon in a home are probably aware that it can enter through the soil.  Not many have heard that radon can also enter a home through its water supply.  Radon in water Read More →
Radon can enter the air in our home.
Radon 8
12 years ago Karen Wintress

Radon can enter the air in our home.

Radon is a radioactive gas. It comes from the natural decay of uranium that is found in nearly all soils. It typically moves up through the ground to the air above and into your home through cracks and other holes Read More →
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