Facts about indoor air quality and your family's health:
Fact: The primary means of transportation of
air-borne pollutants isthe HVAC system
in you home or work place.
Fact: The duct system functions as the respiratory
system of your home or work place.
Fact: When the system becomes contaminated or
conjested, it sends contaminated air into your
breathing space.
Fact: The level of some hazardous pollutants in
indoor air has been proven to be up to 70
times greater than in outddor air. (SS EPA)
Fact: Most of us spend 60 to 90% of our time
indoors. (American LungAssociation)
Fact: Half of all illnesses are either caused or
aggravated by polluted indoor air.
(American College of Allergists)
Fact: Studies have shown that most indoor air
quality problems involve the HVAC system.
Fact: More than 50 million Americans suffer from
allergies.
Fact: One of six people who suffer from allergies do
so because of the direct relationship to fungi
and bacteria in air duct systems. (Total Health
and Better Health Magazine)
