The United States faces a significant, yet largely unregulated, public health challenge: the quality of the air inside its buildings. Americans spend approximately 90% of their time indoors , breathing air that can be two to five times, and occasionally more than 100 times, more polluted than outdoor air. Despite this reality, the nation lacks a comprehensive federal code specifically governing indoor air quality (IAQ), relying instead on a fragmented system of state regulations, voluntary guidelines, and limited occupational standards. This regulatory gap results in inconsistent protection and contributes to a silent epidemic of health problems—ranging from asthma and allergies to cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, and cancer—and imposes a substantial economic burden through healthcare costs and lost productivity, estimated in the tens to hundreds of billions of dollars annually.
Read MoreIf wildfires are to be a more frequent and intensive aspect of life in the US and future pandemics are not out of the question, how do homeowners start addressing their air quality to improve the safety their homes can provide? We’ve heard from many clients, friends, and family members in wildfire affected areas asking questions like this so we thought it was worthwhile to expand our air quality focus beyond just SARS-CoV-2 and provide some meaningful content that can serve wildfire sufferers as well. Enjoy some applied scientific guidance on the topic of portable room air cleaners (or PRACs).
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