For healthy living, it's vital that our environment has the air which is rich in oxygen and deficient in pollutants. Besides maintaining good quality outdoor air, improved indoor air quality is also important, because-
* …According to The Environmental Protection Agency, people spend about 90% of their time indoors, be it at the office or at home. When so much time, which includes the hours spent in sleeping, working in the office or studying at school, a person spends indoor, he is greatly exposed to the indoor air pollutants.
* In fact, on an average a person is vulnerable to 72 percent of the chemical exposure at home…
* The quality of the indoor air can be inferior to that of the outdoor air. Researchers say that compared to the outdoor air, the air in our homes, schools and offices can be 2 to 5 times more polluted.
* According to WHO, due to illness attributable to household air pollution…
Gosh! That means the very places which people consider as the safest zones for their health are paradoxically giving them the greatest amounts of potentially hazardous pollutants. …
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...To Know about the indoor air pollutants and how to improve the in-home air quality, read the complete article in Dec’20 edition of English Akhand Gyan Monthly Magazine.
