Airing the Truth About Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution

(7/04)

http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=107829

Air pollution affects everyone. You can’t hide from it, even inside your own home. Just consider these facts…

• The Environmental Protection Agency ranks poor indoor air quality among the top five environmental risks to public health. Interestingly, five out of 10 Americans are not aware of this fact. (Source: American Lung Association and 3M survey, 2002.
• Levels of air pollution inside the home can be two to five times higher (and occasionally 100 times higher) than outdoor levels. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency, 2002)
• Asthma, which can be triggered by either indoor or outdoor air pollution, annually accounts for an estimated three million lost workdays for adults and 10.1 million lost school days in children. Asthma costs our nation $12.7 billion in health care costs annually. (Source: American Lung Association, Trends in Asthma Morbidity and Mortality, 2002)

· Nearly 75 percent of Americans live with someone who has allergies, asthma, emphysema or another respiratory illness.

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