Is Your House Making You Sick?
Mold
Radon
Carpet
Cockroaches
Carbon Monoxide
Humidifier
Curtains
Household Cleaning Products
Air Conditioning and Heating
Lead Paint
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SOURCES:
American Lung Association: “Cleaning Supplies and Household Chemicals,” “Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Symptoms, Causes and Risk Factors,” “Carbon Monoxide,” “Cockroaches.”
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America: “Breathe Easier: Improving Indoor Air Quality in Your Living Room,” “Breathe Easier: Improving Indoor Air Quality in Your Kitchen.”
CDC: “Indoor Environmental Quality,” “Facts about Mold and Dampness.”
Mayo Clinic: “Humidifiers: Air moisture eases skin, breathing symptoms,” “Carbon monoxide poisoning.”
New York State Department of Health: “True/False Questions on Lead.”
NIH National Cancer Institute: “Radon and Cancer.”
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: “Dirty Humidifiers May Cause Health Problems.”
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: “About Lead-Based Paint.”
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “Protect Your Family from Exposures to Lead,” “Indoor Air Facts No. 8 Use and Care of Home Humidifiers,” “Nitrogen Dioxide's Impact on Indoor Air Quality.”
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Selected Pollutants: “5. Nitrogen dioxide.”