Pollution Free Environment According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Human spend approximately 90% of their time indoors. It’s tempting to think that the air inside your house or office is fresh and clean—after all, it probably doesn’t have any noticeable odor. But the truth is that the air inside office buildings, schools, apartment complexes, and your home can contain 5 times more pollution than outdoor air. This is due to furnishings, upholstery, synthetic building materials, and cleaning products in homes and offices emitting a variety of toxic compounds, like formaldehyde. Indoor air pollution can also be caused by pollen, bacteria, and molds, and car exhaust as outdoor air contaminants find their way inside. The EPA tells us that the health effects from these indoor air pollutants may show up immediately or “after years after exposure. These effects, which include some respiratory diseases, heart disease and cancer, ...
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