Tag: air

Paint your rooms enviro-friendly and safe
You’re not only adding colour to your home with most commercial paints. You’re also slapping on benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, xylene, and ethylene glycol. These neurotoxins are complex enough to vaporize (off gas) into the air, polluting what you breathe.

Air freshener or air poisoner?
Air fresheners are delivering more than a fresh scent. They may be responsible for polluting your indoor air and causing asthma attacks. You’re better off opening a window.

10 steps to cleaner air and fewer asthma attacks
According to the Asthma Society of Canada, 8.4percent of Canadians over the age of 12 suffer from asthma. Amongst children, the number rises to 12 percent. What’s worse, asthma rates have increased by as much as 60 percent since the 1980s.

What is smog?
In the last 20 years clear skies have become harder to find as most major cities have a permanent blanket of smog overhead. But, there are steps each of us can take that will make a difference.