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Quick Tips on Improving Your Indoor Air Quality

Quick Tips on Improving Your Indoor Air Quality

Posted on07. Jan, 2010 by Oksana Irwin.

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Leave Pollutants at the Door Wipe your feet on a doormat or remove your shoes at the door. Reduce dust and dirt on your floors. Vacuum at least twice a week using a HEPA filter, and/or mop floors. Replace wall-to-wall carpeting with washable area rugs. Breathe Clean Air Make your home a no-smoking zone. Ventilate [...]

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What Are Volatile Organic Compounds and How to Avoid Them?

What Are Volatile Organic Compounds and How to Avoid Them?

Posted on14. Dec, 2009 by Oksana Irwin.

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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids. VOCs include a variety of chemicals, some of which may have short- and long-term adverse health effects. Concentrations of many VOCs are consistently higher indoors (up to ten times higher) than outdoors.  VOCs are emitted by a wide array of products numbering [...]

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