Best Ways to Purify Your Indoor Air Quality (2022)
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 92% of the world population breathe polluted air, 1 and about 6.7 million deaths are attributed to air pollution each year. 2 Overall, a toxic environment is responsible for at least 1 of every 4 deaths reported worldwide, 3 and air pollution is the greatest contributor to this risk. Your body is dependent on the air you breathe and poor air quality can cause serious damage to your lungs, heart and other organ systems. According to WHO, air pollution is a major contributor to lung and respiratory infections, heart disease and cancer. What many fail to consider is that indoor air pollution may actually be as dangerous, or more, than outdoor air pollution. For starters, indoor air is often more contaminated to begin with. If you're like most, you also spend far more time indoors than out. Sociological studies suggest Americans spend nearly 92% of their day indoors. Of the remai...