How to make our indoor air healthier

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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11 years ago Karen Wintress

Radon can be a silent killer!

The US EPA estimates that exposure to elevated levels of radon in our homes causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths every year in the US. Of these deaths, about 2,900 happen to people who have never smoked. While the video Read More →

Restore healthy indoor air after flooding.

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12 years ago Karen Wintress

Restore healthy indoor air after flooding.

ALERT! Here's what happened. When my friend Martha, of Dallas, Texas, came home exhausted after a long weekend away, she opened the kitchen door and found herself ankle deep in water. Her home was flooded. It hadn’t even Read More →

Test your granite countertops for radon.

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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 →

Water is another way radon can enter our home.

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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 →

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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 →

Why we should all test our home for radon.

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12 years ago Karen Wintress

Why we should all test our home for radon.

According to the resources I’ve encountered, it is highly recommended that everyone should have their home tested for radon to make certain that the recommended US EPA action level of 4 picoCuries per liter (pCi/L) is not exceeded. Read More →