About Home Air Quality
- According to the EPA, the air inside your home maybe 5 times more polluted than the air outside. [1]
- The "State of the Air" 2024 report finds that despite decades of progress cleaning up air pollution, 39% of people living in America — 131.2 million people — still live in places with failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution. This is 11.7 million more people breathing unhealthy air compared to last year's report. [2]
- The American Lung Association has stated that nearly four out of ten Americans live in areas with unhealthy levels of air pollution. [3]
- Sick Building Syndrome, a worldwide phenomenon, results when chemical substances used in office construction are steadily released into the atmosphere from electronic equipment, carpeting, furniture and fittings. [4]
- Virus, fungus, bacteria and hundreds of other germs are carried in the air at all times. If inhaled into the lungs, germs can cause cold, flu, pneumonia and other respiratory infections. When these germs lodge in your lungs, your breathing can be disrupted and you can become ill. American Lung Association. [5]
- Asthma affects 24.8 million Americans, including 5.5 million children, and accounts for millions of emergency department visits and tens of billions in healthcare costs each year. [6]
- Roughly 24.4 million Americans are diagnosed with hay fever. [7]
- 7.3 million children under the age 18 in the US are reported to have respiratory allergies. [8]
Sources
- United States Environmental Protection Agency. What are the trends in indoor air quality and their effects on human health? Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- American Lung Association. State of the Air : Key Findings. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- American Lung Association. State of the Air : Key Findings. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- United States Environmental Protection Agency. Indoor Air Facts No. 4 Sick Building Syndrome (PDF). Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- American Lung Association. What Causes Pneumonia? Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- American Lung Association. Learn About Asthma. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- Washington Post. 24.4 million Americans are plagued with seasonal allergies, CDC says. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diagnosed Allergic Conditions in Children Aged 0–17 Years: United States, 2021 (PDF) Retrieved 1 July 2024.