Your House Is Killing You. Here Are 7 Ways To Stop It
Is your living room making you sick? Flickr Creative CommonsA roundup of the high- and low-tech solutions to mitigate dangerous concentrations of airborne chemicals at home Your comfy couch. The wooden chairs in your kitchen. The paint you spent months picking out. Cleaning supplies piled under the bathroom sink, and even the sink itself. Nearly every item and surface in your home emits toxins into the air that you breathe. According to the EPA, concentrations of these airborne pollutants are up to 10 times higher indoors than out -levels high enough that they can cause short- and long-term health problems such as cancers, depression, and decreased kidney and immune function. In the past couple of years, companies and scientists have launched several research initiatives aimed at studying and solving the problem. Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical behemoth that manufactures everything from baby shampoo to glucose management systems, announced...