Facts Concerning Indoor Air Pollution

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Are you Aware?

• The Problems.
• The Reasons.
• The Solutions.

Government Agencies Rate Indoor Air Pollution As The Nation's Biggest Pollution Problem.

Tightly Constructed Buildings Don't Breathe...

• Little or no air exchange.
• Indoor air is re-circulated.
• Indoor air pollution is trapped indoors!

Clothing:

Pollens, oils (from smoke), gases, other allergens and odors, attach themselves to the fabric. Once indoors, clothing releases allergens, gases and odors into the air...

Furnishings:

New carpeting, drapes, furniture and upholstery emit chemical fumes, noxious gases and odors...

Construction Materials:

Paint, plywood, particle board (from cabinets, furniture, paneling) emit chemical fumes, noxious gases and odors...

Home Cleaning Products:

Furniture polishes, ammonia, and other cleaning products emit chemical fumes, noxious gases and odors...

Heating/Cooling Systems:

Duct work gathers dust and moisture, creating mold and mold spores, and hosting bacteria, and dust mites, and circulates dust mold spores, bacteria and dust mites throughout the building...

Some Pollutants, Their Sources & Symptoms

Benzene:

• Sources: Paint, new carpet, new drapes, upholstery.
• Symptoms: Headaches, eye/skin irritation, fatigue, cancer.

Ammonia:

• Sources: Tobacco smoke, cleaning supplies.
• Symptoms: Eye/skin irritation, headaches, nose-bleeds,sinus problems.

Chloroform:

• Sources: Paint, new drapes, upholstery, new carpeting.
• Symptoms: Headaches, asthma attacks, dizziness, eye irritation.

Formaldehyde:

• Sources: Tobacco smoke, plywood, cabinets, furniture, particle board, office dividers, new carpets, new drapes, wallpaper, paneling.
• Symptoms: Headaches, eye/skin irritation, drowsiness, fatigue, respiratory problems, memory loss, depression, gynecological problems, cancer.

Benzopyrene:

• Sources: Tobacco Smoke.
• Symptoms: Asthma attacks, eye/skin irritation, sinus problems, lung cancer.

Hydrocarbons:

• Sources: Tobacco smoke, gas burners, furnaces.
• Symptoms: Headaches, fatigues, nausea, dizziness, breathing difficulty.

Trichloroethylene:

• Sources: Paints, glues, furniture, wallpaper.
• symptoms: Headaches, eye/skin irritation, respiratory irritation.

Carbon Tetrachloride:

• Sources: Paint, new drapes, new carpets, cleaning supplies.

• Symptoms: Headaches, dizziness, fatigue.

Indoor Air Pollutants

Dust:

Did you know? 42,000 dust mites can live in only one ounce of dust! Forty pounds of dust generated per year per 1,500 square feet of space, hosting 15 species of dust mites!

Bacteria:

Did you know? Bacteria are found in your heating and cooling system, house pets, garbage, bathrooms-everywhere in your home.

Causes colds, flu, respiratory infections, eye infections.

Mold Spores:

Did you know? Mold spores are found in your heating and cooling system, in damp clothing, cleaning materials and the moisture in your ceilings, walls, carpets, drapes.

Causes allergies, sinus headaches, irritation, fatigue and depression.

Limitations of Air Filtration Systems

Localized Area Units; (Media Filter):

• Only the air that is filtered is affected.
• Air trapped in furniture, upholstery, or other fabrics does not get filtered nearly as often, and sometimes not at all.

Whole Building Units; (Media Filter or Electronic Air Cleaner):

• The only air that gets "filtered" is the air which is actually drawn through the unit. Dirty air constantly invades the space.
• Recirculates the same air and does not get the trapped air in furniture, fabrics, etc.

How does indoor air pollution affect your body?

Eye and nasal irritants:

• Sulphur dioxide (lethal poison), ammonia, acrolein (found in tobacco smoke as a carcinogen), benzene (a carcinogen), formaldehyde, pollen, mold spores, dust, dust mites, bacteria...

Bronchial Constrictors:

• Sulpher dioxide (lethal poison), ammonia, allergens, bacteria...

Pulmonary Irritants:

• Chloroform (lethal poison, suspected carcinogen), nitrogen dioxide (lethal poison), styrene, formaldahyde, small particles, bacteria...

Poisons:

• Cyanide (from tobacco smoke), hydrocarbons (tobacco smoke and other combustions), nitrogen dioxide, sulpher dioxide...

Carcinogens:

• Acrolein, benzene, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride...

Asphyxiant:

• Hydrocarbons...

All of these things enter your body either through your oral cavity or nasal cavity and affect your sinuses, trachea, bronchus, lungs and alveoli.

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Rj Fries

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