indoor air pollution
Home atmosphere toxins
Indoor air pollution is the contamination of air inside buildings by harmful substances—dust, mold, smoke, chemical vapors, or gases like carbon monoxide and radon.
Sources include cooking, heating, cleaning products, building materials, and poor ventilation.
Indoor air pollution can be worse than outdoor pollution in tightly sealed homes.
The term gained prominence as energy-efficient construction reduced natural airflow.
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- poor ventilationInsufficient air exchange
- moldForm-giving container
- dustFine settled particles
- dust mitesMicroscopic skin-eating arachnids
allergens · fumes · smoke · asthma · stuffy · stale · open windows · carbon monoxide · radon · formaldehyde · musty · damp · particles · chemicals · off-gassing · filters · purifier · breathing
indoor air pollutionsmog
Sunlight-activated urban pollution
atmospheric pollution · traffic pollution · photochemical smog · smokestack emissions
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