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Home > HVAC Tips > News & Info > Indoor Air Quality Facts

Indoor Air Quality Facts

January 22, 2016

How Much Do You Know About Air Quality?

  1. The Environmental Protection Agency ranks poor indoor air quality among the top 5 environmental risks to public health. Interestingly, 5 out of 10 Americans are not aware of this fact.
  2. Levels of air pollution inside the home can be 7 to 10 times higher (and occasionally 100 times higher) than outdoor levels.
  3. 81 million Americans live in areas with unhealthful short-term levels of particle pollution and 66 million live in areas with chronically unhealthful levels of particle pollution.
  4. Air pollution contributes to lung disease, which claims close to 341,500 lives in America every year and is the 3rd – leading cause of death in the U.S., ranking only behind heart disease and cancer.
  5. Asthma can be triggered by either indoor or outdoor air pollution.
  6. Nearly 75% of Americans live with someone who has allergies, asthma, emphysema or another respiratory illness.
  7. More than 70% of Americans have forced air heating and/or central in their homes. Yet nearly 50% do not change the filter in their HVAC units as recommended. And 10% have never replaced their filter in their HVAC unit.
  8. More than 50% of Americans are not aware that forced air heating & air conditioning units should be inspected annually by a professional.
  9. Only 27% of Americans have carbon monoxide detectors in their homes.

All information sourced directly from the: EPA, American Lung Association, & American Medical Association

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