Did you know..

INDOOR POLLUTION MAYBE MAKING YOU SICK!

DID YOU KNOW THAT INDOOR AIR USUALLY HAS A HIGHER LEVEL OF POLLUTION THAN THAT OF OUTDOOR AIR?
DID YOU ALSO KNOW THAT MOST PEOPLE SPEND 60 TO 90% OF THEIR LIFE INDOORS, WHICH MEANS THAT HEALTH RISKS
FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION ARE GREATLY ATTRIBUTED TO EXPOSURE TO INDOOR AIR

FACTORS THAT CAUSE INDOOR AIR POLLUTION

* POOR VENTILATION
* DUST MITES (MICROSCOPIC PESTS THAT FEED ON HUMAN SECRETIONS)
* HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES
* GASSES SUCH AS: RADON AND CARBON MONOXIDE
RADON (IS RADIOACTIVE),
CARBON MONOXIDE( REDUCES THE BLOOD'S ABILITY TO CARRY OXYGEN TO THE CELLS)
* ASBESTOS, FORMALDEHYDE AND LEAD
* PET DANDER AND TOBACCO SMOKE

SYMPTOMS AND HEALTH CONDITION DUE TO
INDOOR POLLUTION

* RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS: ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS
* LUNG CANCER
* ALLERGIC REACTIONS:
COUGHING, SNEEZING, TROUBLE BREATHING, THROAT, EYE AND SKIN IRRITATION
* CONSTANT HEADACHES AND FATIGUE
* LOSS OF CO-ORDINATION AND NAUSEA
* DAMAGE TO THE LIVER AND KIDNEY (DUE TO PROLONGED EXPOSURE)