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Surprising Ways Being Indoors Affects You & The Lazy Way to Get Things Done

Something You Should Know

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The Dirty Secret of Outdoor Air Pollution

i think people have a general, kind of vague sense that indoor air probably isn't so great, but i don't think they worry about it that much. So how bad is it? How bad can it be? Well i'll start with the fact that indoor pollutions can be three, five, even ten times higher than outdoors. That's largely because over the years we've started to tighten up our building envelopes. We've really choked off the air supply and our buildings and allowed the build up of indoor pollutons. Is actually what ushered in the sick building era, beginning in the eighties, andthat's where we are now.

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