Here’s a few facts about indoor air quality you may not be aware of!
Click on the image to see the different types of indoor air pollutants and corresponding danger levels.
- 16 ounces equals one pound
- 40 pounds of dust are in the average house
- 42,000 dust mites are in one ounce of dust
- 20 times a day a dust mite defecates
- 520,000,000 fecal pellets can become airborne
- from those 42,000 dust mites are in each ounce of dust
- 18 lbs of skin that a human sheds each year
- 400 square feet of duct in the average home
This means you have the equivalent of a 20×20 room in your home that has not been cleaned since your home was built.
Here’s a cool fact: if left untended, your pillow would gain 2lbs every year from skin and dust mites and your mattress would double in weight in 10 years.
The EPA states: We spend 90% of our time indoors. Studies have shown that indoor air is 2 to5 times, and as high as 100 times more hazardous to your health than outdoor air.
See more information about indoor air quality and on our Indoor Air Quality Products.
To schedule an appointment with a Comfort Advisor to improve your indoor air quality, please contact us at 717-299-5641 or email us.
Sources:
1. The Inside Story: A Guide to Indoor Air Quality. U.S. EPA/Office of Air and Radiation. Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (6609J) Cosponsored with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, EPA 402-K-93-007.
2. Buildings and their Impact on the Environment: A Statistical Summary. U.S. EPA Green Building Publication. Revised April 22, 2009
3. U.S. Centers for Disease Control