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A pollutant released indoors is 1000 times more likely to reach people's lungs than a pollutant released outdoors.
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While one to three times is the average (and that is bad enough!), many homes have airborne pollutant levels 25 to 100 times that of the air outside the home.
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Americans spend 90% of their time indoors.
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Airborne pollutants from cleaning and personal care products you use in your home are three times as likely to cause cancer as pollutants from outside.
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1500 hazardous substances can be found in the typical North American home.
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An estimated one out of every 15 homes in the United States has radon levels above 4pci/L, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency-recommended action level. A recent report by the National Research Council estimates that radon is responsible for between 15,000 and 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States.
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Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) also called "secondhand smoke," a major indoor air pollutant, contains about 4,000 chemicals, including 200 known poisons, such as formaldehyde and carbon monoxide, as well as 43 carcinogens.
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About 50% of ALL illnesses are caused by or aggravated by indoor pollution.
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Homemakers may have a 55% higher risk of cancer than women working outside the home.
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Air pollution is a prime contributor to lung disease and lung cancer. Lung disease alone claims close to 335,000 lives in America every year and is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Over the last decade, the death rate for lung disease has risen faster than for almost any other major disease.
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Ten million Americans have asthma. Asthma and asthma deaths have increased over 30% in the past 10 years and show no signs of slowing down.
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Thirty-three million Americans suffer from sinusitis (inflammation or infection of sinus passages).
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Biological pollutants such as molds, bacteria, viruses, pollen, dust mites, and animal dander promote poor indoor air quality and may be a major cause of days lost from work and school.
