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Improving Indoor Air Quality

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME – FOR HARMFUL POLLUTANTS. LURKING WITHIN YOUR FOUR WALLS MAY BE AIR TOXINS THAT CAN MAKE YOU SICK.  LEARN HOW TO ELIMINATE THEM ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

INDOOR CONTAMINANTS CAN CAUSE WHEEZING, RUNNY EYES, ASTHMA AND EVEN CANCER.

COTSWORTH: WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT RADON FOR INSTANCE AS WELL AS SECOND HAND SMOKE IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT, ALSO MOLD.

THAT’S ELISABETH COTSWORTH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.  SHE RECOMMENDS PROTECTING YOUR FAMILY BY TESTING YOUR HOME FOR RADON, NOT SMOKING, ERADICATING DUST MITES AND MOLD, AND KEEPING YOUR HOUSE WELL-VENTILATED.

COTSWORTH: MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT INDOOR AIR IS CLEANER THAN OUTDOOR AIR, WHEN IN TRUTH IT CAN BE FIVE, TWENTY, SOMETIMES ONE HUNDRED TIMES MORE CONTAMINATED THAN OUTDOOR AIR.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

Learn more from the Environmental Protection Agency.