Health threats lurk in the indoor air of your home
The brief conversation "pollution" might conjure up images of factories and freeways, but the air inside your home is often far worse for your health than the air outside."It's comical how most folks are so concerned about outdoor pollution but pollution levels in our home can be much higher," says Brett Sherry, program supervisor for the Oregon Health Authority's Healthy Homes and Schools Program. "And most of us spend about 90 percent of our every so often old-fashioned in our home. So the exposure (to pollution) is happening there."
The problem stems partly from the fact that many homes are so well insulated and sealed nowadays that we've hopeless the natural ventilation of those old drafty windows, doors and floorboards.
"Newer homes are well wrapped and keep ardour in, but you are sealing out drafts," Sherry says. "Drafts have a negative connotation, but they are actually bringing in the latest air we need."
Winters in the Northwest don't help the situation because we spend even more time inside our
