Many homeowners and apartment dwellers, without realizing it, may be suffering from indoor air pollution. All of those chemical cleaners in your home, for example, may be releasing harmful toxic contaminants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air. And everything from cooking fumes to secondhand tobacco smoke may be releasing tiny particulate matter into […]
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According to conventional wisdom, our homes provide a safe refuge from dangerous toxins and chemicals found in polluted outdoor air. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, our houses are often factories of chemicals and there are places in our homes where the combination of dangerous chemicals, mold and bacteria can lead […]
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“Indoor Air” is the term used for the air contained within a building, such a house, an apartment, an office, a factory, a hospital, or a gym. Environmental air pollution is defined as when toxic chemicals, airborne particles or biological materials that can harm living organisms is introduced to the atmosphere. It can consist of […]
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While most people are well aware of the adverse health effects of outdoor air pollution, the health effects of indoor air pollution are less familiar. Yet, in some cases, indoor air pollution can be up to 5 times worse than outdoor air pollution. The problem is that it can sometimes be hard to visualize indoor […]
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Pollution Situation inside homes is a bigger problem that outside Air pollution and is a bigger threat the family members health. A recent survey on around 628 people living in National Capital Region revealed that 31% people had some kind of airway disease while 46% percent showed to symptoms suggesting respiratory disease. Of the 100 […]
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During my corporate time, I had worked for an office located in a basement. The building was on an intersection of busy industrial streets, in the heart of NCR. Needless to say, the setting was very noisy and polluted. Being in a managerial role, I was accountable for peoples’ productivity. There had been times of […]
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Himalayan salt lamps are not merely a source of soothing your aesthetic sense; rather they have a much greater use. They are also known as a way of reducing indoor pollution. Himalayan salt lamps are made with the millions of years old salt blocks fitted with a small bulb inside. As the bulb is switched […]
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