Indoor Air Quality

The benchmarks against which air quality is measured are set in the Environment Protection Act. These standards are health based and are designed to protect people in the community most vulnerable to the health impacts of the various pollutants.

Scientists consistently rank indoor air pollution at or near the top of environmental health risks.

Should you be concerned about Indoor Air Quality?

Here are just a few reasons why indoor air quality could be affecting you:

1. On average people spend 90% of their time indoors. Chronic exposure(repeated exposure over days, weeks, months even years) to indoor pollutants, even at lower levels than that of outdoor levels may pose a significant risk to your health.

2. Indoor environments house a multitude of potential sources of air pollution, including synthetic building materials, consumer products, and dust mites. Efforts to lower energy costs by reducing ventilation rates have increased the likelihood that pollutants generated indoors will accumulate.

3. Monitoring studies inside buildings and vehicles have consistently found that concentrations of many air pollutants tend to be higher indoors than out. Indoor air has been shown to be a complex mixture of chemical, biological, and physical agents.

4. Complaints about inadequate indoor air quality and associated discomfort and illness are a rising problem in the workplace. EPA classifies these reports into two general categories: building related illnesses and sick-building syndrome.

5. Exposures to many indoor air pollutants are known or suspected to occur at levels sufficient to cause illness or injury. Scientific evidence suggests that respiratory disease, allergy, mucous membrane irritation, nervous system effects, cardiovascular effects, reproductive effects, and lung cancer may be linked to exposures to indoor air pollutants.

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Additional examples of what is typically measured at the workplace:

Carbon Monoxide
Vehicle Emissions
Stack Emissions
Indoor Air Quality
Mould, Asbestos
Nitrogen Dioxide
Ozone Pollutants
Dust Particulates
Industrial Chemicals
Sulphur Dioxide
Radon
Smog
Smoke
VOC's