Indoor Air Quality Term Paper

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Indoor Air Quality

This report discusses viable options for reducing indoor pollutants in order to improve indoor air quality. This work focuses on three major concerns in regard to indoor air quality: poor ventilation, indoor smoking, and other indoor pollutants. The media bombards us daily with information regarding external pollution such as the emissions from automobiles, water contaminants, basic garbage and of course the smoke stacks of industry. But most people may not be aware of the high number and the effect of indoor pollutants. "Indoor air pollution consists of toxic gases or particles that can harm your health." (Air Resources Board) From this lack of knowledge stems the problem of also not understanding how important it is to reduce indoor pollutants as best we can in our homes, schools, restaurants, bars and other public places. Consider the fact that humans spend a great deal of time indoors and because of this we are constantly surrounded by sources of toxins. "A recent ARB-sponsored study found that Californians spend an average of 87% of their 24-hour day indoors. If pollutants are present indoors, people will almost certainly inhale them." (Air Resources Board) Although this particular study was done in and for Californians, the fact is that these statistics can certainly be applied to any state in the nation.


These sources of indoor pollution can be created or caused by things that we simply take for granted such as consumer products, gas appliances, building materials, cigarettes, and even typical household furniture. "In a 1987 study, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ranked indoor air pollution fourth in cancer risk among the 13 top environmental problems analyzed. Indoor radon ranked first." (Air Resources Board) Ironically, many studies have shown that indoor air pollutants may be consistently at higher levels than the levels of outdoor air pollution. So, even though these toxic emissions are very common and at very high levels, there are still very few controls in place by federal, state, or local laws. With that being said, it is in our best interest to find ways to reduce the problems ourselves.

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