{"id":1714,"date":"2019-08-19T01:58:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T05:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2019-08-19T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:00:02","slug":"what-the-epa-wants-you-to-know-about-indoor-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/19\/what-the-epa-wants-you-to-know-about-indoor-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"What the EPA Wants You to Know About Indoor Air Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1382\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Prevent Illness with NYC Mold Experts\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Depositphotos_6511853_xs.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prevent Illness with NYC Mold Experts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do you assume the air you breathe in your home or office is clean? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explains the effects of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/indoor-air-quality-iaq\/introduction-indoor-air-quality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common indoor air pollutants<\/a> and why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/mold-treatment-remediation.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NYC mold removal<\/a> and other methods of control\u00a0are\u00a0essential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Is Indoor Air Quality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/18\/the-problem-with-mold-is-the-airborne-spores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indoor air quality<\/a>, or\u00a0IAQ, is a measure of pollutants found in the air inside and surrounding buildings. IAQ is determined primarily from the perspective of factors affecting health and comfort of occupants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Effects of Exposure to Indoor Air Pollutants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Short-term effects of exposure to pollutants include upper respiratory symptoms such as irritated eyes, runny nose and scratchy throat. Some people may also experience headaches, dizziness and fatigue. Severity of effects is often in proportion to a person&#8217;s vulnerability to allergies.<\/p>\n<p>Years of exposure can cause more troubling effects, especially in the elderly or people with pre-existing lung or immune system conditions. Unfortunately, absence of symptoms doesn&#8217;t guarantee that a home or building is &#8220;clean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Mold Impacts IAQ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/20\/what-are-the-health-impacts-of-exposure-to-mold-and-mold-spores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mold spores<\/a> travel through the air into the respiratory system.\u00a0Symptoms of exposure to mold and other pollutants\u00a0are similar to those of colds and other viral conditions. If symptoms diminish or disappear during periods away from a building, that&#8217;s a reasonable indication that pollutants are the cause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your #1 Choice for Effective NYC Mold Removal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studies are unclear as to the amount of exposure that constitutes dangerous levels, so don&#8217;t take any chances. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/free-mold-treatment-quote.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact Stern Mold<\/a>\u00a0to schedule\u00a0a free mold inspection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you assume the air you breathe in your home or office is clean? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) explains the effects of common indoor air pollutants and why NYC mold removal and other methods of control\u00a0are\u00a0essential. What Is Indoor Air Quality? Indoor air quality, or\u00a0IAQ, is a measure of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,154,153],"tags":[325,231,189],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mold-and-your-health","category-nj-mold-removal","category-nyc-mold-removal","tag-health-impacts-of-mold-exposure","tag-mold-and-air-quality","tag-symptoms-of-mold-exposure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1718,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sternmold.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}