Health Tip: Is Your Home Air Polluted?

(HealthDay News) -- The best place to ensure clean air is at home. And the first step is to make sure that you aren't making the air quality worse.

The Environmental Protection Agency says these factors can contribute to indoor air pollution:

  • Poor ventilation
  • High humidity and high temperatures
  • Combustion sources, such as tobacco, kerosene, oil, wood, gas and coal
  • Insulation that contains asbestos
  • Some types of furniture made from compressed wood
  • Damp or wet carpeting
  • Fumes from household cleaning products
  • Outdoor sources, such as pesticides, radon or air pollution.

    • Date Published: 2/28/2024 4:38:34 AM

    Related Articles

    Search Allergy Articles

    How To Help Your Back-To-School Kid With Their Allergies

    Allergy Expert Gives Tips On Seasonal Allergies

    Are You Ruining Your Child's Chance To Avoid Food Allergies?

    Rare Red Meat Allergy Linked To More Tick Species

    Seasonal Allergies Likely To Grow Worse Under Climate Change

    Digital Tool Potentially Predicts Childhood Asthma

    Radon Exposure Linked to Increased Asthma Symptoms in Children

    Most Americans Keep Chronic Health Conditions Hidden at Work: Poll

    Tools You Can Use to Control Winter Asthma, Allergy Symptoms

    Cities Contribute To Asthma, Researchers Argue

    This Flu Season Is Worst In A Decade

    Second Flu Vaccine Meeting Canceled -- What Happens Next?

    How Wildfires Might Increase Risk Of Flu, COVID-19

    Flu Cases Start to Surge as Americans Prepare for Holiday Gatherings

    How To Fight Common Wintertime Respiratory Viruses