Indoor Air Quality, 3rd Edition

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Historic Overview

All of us face a variety of risks to our health as we go about our day-to-day lives. Driving in cars, flying in planes, engaging in recreational activities and being exposed to environmental pollutants all pose varying degrees of risk. Some risks are simply unavoidable. Some we choose to accept because to do otherwise would restrict our ability to lead our lives the way we want. And some are risks we might decide to avoid if we had the opportunity to make informed choices. Indoor air pollution is one risk that you can do something about. (U.S. EPA 2017b)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studies of human exposures to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels of pollutants are typically two to five times—and occasionally ...