INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ)

This section is designed to help you understand the junk in your air, and how to keep your family healthier. Your lung's development ends in your early 20s, peaks for about 10 years, then starts to decline. Starting off with a healthy and clean home sets the stage for a life with more successful raspatory health. Most people are unaware of the issues with air quality in our homes and how it can negatively effect your overall health, comfort, sleep, and quality of life. The most at risk people are infants, children, and elderly. With homes and buildings being constructed tighter, better sealed from outside air penetration, we are now faced with the problem of our structures becoming like an incubator. Home air contains approximately 5 times more air pollutants compared to outside air. Statistics show that Americans spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, breathing in thousands of gallons of volume of air per day! That's a lot of air, and a lot of junk making its way into your body. Do me a favor, go take a peak at your furnace's air filter. It is your first line of defense towards cleaner air, and in most cases the only line of defense. Let's take a look at the things your filter doesn't help with.