3 Tips To Reduce Indoor Air Pollution
1. Forbid Smoking Indoors
Ideally, you should eliminate smoking anywhere inside your home. If this is not practical, have the smokers use only one room. For example, visitors who smoke may only do so outside, or perhaps in the kitchen with the hood fan on and them standing nearby.
2. Open Windows for Natural Ventilation
If it isn’t too cold outside, or too windy, open the windows and let some fresh air inside. Studies have shown that indoor air can be more polluted than outside air. Letting a breeze through can help let out some of the natural pollutants built up in your home (pet dander, human dander, viruses, bacteria, odors, and other particulate matter).
3. Beware Heavy-Duty Chemical Cleaners
Read the labels on some of the cleaning products around your home. Manywill include a warning about how harmful the chemicals can be if either breathed, or even contacting your skin. Ever noticed how you start coughing after using anti-bacterial cleaner? Switching to natural housecleaning products such as baking soda, vinegar and pure lemon juice, can eliminate the strong reactions. Those products are non-toxic, gentle on the environment and can tackle all of the cleaning chores, either separately or combined with one another.
Nancy - GotSmog.com - The Anti-Pollution Blog