{"id":2251,"date":"2020-10-21T21:51:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T21:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=2251"},"modified":"2024-01-23T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T15:45:11","slug":"indoor-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/indoor-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"What does Indoor Air Pollution mean in environmental science?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2251\" class=\"elementor elementor-2251\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ba073c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ba073c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2273 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-air-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of air pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2272 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/air-pollution-prevention\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Air pollution prevention<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-2271 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/indoor-air-pollution\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Indoor Air Pollution<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>\u2018Indoor air\u2019<\/b> is the air within a building such as your home, classroom, office, shopping center, hospital, or gym. We say\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2018Indoor Air Pollution\u2019<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0if the indoor air is contaminated by smoke, chemicals, smells, or particles.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Unlike outdoor air pollution, the effect of indoor air pollution is health-related and less of an environmental issue. In colder regions, building and heating methods make use of airtight spaces, less ventilation, and energy-efficient heating. Sometimes, synthetic building materials smells from household care products, and furnishing chemicals can all be trapped indoors. As less fresh air gets indoors, the concentration of pollutants such as pollen, tobacco smoke, mold, pesticides, radon, asbestos, and carbon monoxide trapped inside the building increases, and people breathe that in.<br \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Indoor-Air-Pollution-House.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Indoor-Air-Pollution-House.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Indoor-Air-Pollution-House-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Did you know:<\/b><\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Around 3 billion people cook and heat their homes using open fires and leaky stoves, and burning biomass (wood, animal dung, and crop waste) and coal.<\/span><\/li><li>Nearly 2 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to indoor air pollution from household solid fuel use.<\/li><li>Nearly 50% of pneumonia deaths among children under five are due to particulate matter inhaled from indoor air pollution.<\/li><li>More than 1 million people a year die from chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD) that develop due to exposure to such indoor air pollution.<\/li><li>Both women and men exposed to heavy indoor smoke are 2-3 times more likely to develop COPD<i style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Source: WHO: http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs292\/en\/<\/i><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Common indoor air pollutants include:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><b>Tobacco smoke:<\/b><br \/><\/span>It is smoke from burning cigarettes or smoke exhaled by people smoking.<\/li><li><b>Biological Pollutants:<\/b><br \/>These include allergens such as pollen from plants, hair from pets, fungi, and some bacteria.<\/li><li><b>Radon:<\/b><br \/>It is a gas that is naturally emitted from the ground. Radon can be trapped in basements of buildings and homes. The gas is known to cause cancer after exposure over a period.<\/li><li><b>Carbon Monoxide:<\/b><br \/>It is a poisonous gas with no color or smell. 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What causes air pollution? Common air pollutants Effects of air pollution Air pollution prevention Indoor Air Pollution Air pollution facts Indoor Air Pollution \u2018Indoor air\u2019 is the air within a building such as your home, classroom, office, shopping center, hospital, or gym. 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