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Indoor Air Pollution - Articles
Health Tip: Detecting Indoor Air Pollutants
by
Medline Plus
Posted
Tue 14 Sep 2010 6:00am
chemicals, cleaning products and pesticides can lead to indoor air pollution. Less obvious sources include activities such as cooking or heating your home, the U.S. National Safety Council says.
The agency says these symptoms may be caused by poor indoor air:
Feeling tired or dizzy.
Nausea.
An itchy nose.
Scratchiness of the throat.
Frequent
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Reduce Indoor Air Pollution with Houseplants!
by
Kiwi
Posted
Wed 11 Aug 2010 10:27am
by kiwilog
We’ve been thinking about indoor air quality a lot lately at KIWI. (See Editorial Director Sarah Smith on Greenguard and Miele .) When trying to get rid of indoor air pollutants, we tend to think in terms of human behaviorHow can we adjust the way we construct and inhabit our indoor environments
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Air Pollution: Floral Scents Going Off the Air?
by
Environmental Health
Posted
Thu 31 Jul 2008 9:00pm
Air Pollution: Floral Scents Going Off the Air?
Formal Correction: This article has been formally corrected...: Potera C 2008. Air Pollution: Floral Scents Going Off the Air? Environ Health Perspect 116:A334-A334.
doi:10.1289/ehp.116-a334
Would a flower by any other name
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HEPA filters lower cardiovascular risk from wood stove air pollution
by
Dr. John Z.
Posted
Fri 21 Jan 2011 12:00am
intervention to improve indoor air quality and reduce pollution-related cardiovascular health risks and to better understand the mechanisms that contribute to air pollution-related...-filtration was random and participants did not know during which period the air was being filtered. Indoor pollution sampling equipment was placed in each home’s main activity room
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Air Pollution and Asthma: 4 Ways to Stay Safe on ‘Ozone-Alert’ Days
by
Karen Bastille
Posted
Mon 14 Jun 2010 6:06am
by a combination of ground-level ozone and air pollution can worsen asthma symptoms, triggering wheezing, coughing, trouble breathing, and even leading to hospitalization in serious cases... occurs.
Top 10 U.S. Cities for Ozone Pollution
Air Pollution: 6 Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Health
Air Pollution: It’s Not Just Your Lungs That Suffer
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Home Air Pollutants a Danger to Breast-Fed Infants
by
KareAnderson
Posted
Sat 20 Jun 2009 2:46pm
More than chemicals in a mother’s milk, breast-fed babies face a greater risk from dirty air at home. An infant's exposure to gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from indoor air was 25-135-fold higher than from breast milk. "We ought to focus our efforts on reducing indoor air sources of these compounds," said Sungroul Kim of Johns
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How Air Pollution Impacts Your Health (and What to Do About It)
by
Mark S.
Posted
Fri 22 Oct 2010 8:58am
, let’s face it: we’re hardly in Paleolithic Kansas anymore.
Unlike some drawbacks to modern living, pollution (especially air pollution) is one downside that’s hard to avoid..., or perpetual tendency to spill gasoline in his garage while filling the lawn mower.) Not to be a killjoy, but very few of us live beyond air pollution’s reach.
Nonetheless
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