Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
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Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#2The article doesn't seem to have immediate actionable recommendation, and is mainly a brick in a wall that can lead (or not) to better design decisions.
One unclear point for example is what happens with the deposited toxins, how hard is it to clean them? are they transferred by touch?
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#3The more we study it, the more we learn how harmful the air inside our homes is.
That's why fresh air is key. Crack a window or two open. Buy an air monitor that monitors CO2 (good proxy for overall freshness), VOCs (sometimes these build up much faster than CO2), and PM2.5.
If CO2 or VOCs are high, open windows more. If PM2.5 is high and coming from outdoors, turn on an air filter.
Yes, this means your heating and cooling bill will be a bit higher. But for your health and concentration, it's worth it.
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#4Sounds like good news. The sponges take harmful chemicals out of our environment.
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#5Sounds like good news. The sponges take harmful chemicals out of our environment.
...to then re-release them gradually over the next days and months. So, no.
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#6The more we study it, the more we learn how harmful the air inside our homes is. That's why fresh air is key. Crack a window or two open. Buy an air monitor that monitors CO2 (good proxy for overall freshness), VOCs (sometimes these build up much faster than CO2), and PM2.5. If CO2 or VOCs are high, open windows more. If PM2.5 is high and coming from outdoors, turn on an air filter. Yes, this means your heating and c…
I bought an aranet 4, it's quite eye opening how you sometimes get a lot of CO2 buildup without even noticing.
I mostly solve any issues with VOC by "Stosslueften", but if that's not enough because the air quality outside is too bad, a CR box is an effective, easy to build and almost perfectly silent design, especially if you do it with decent quality pc fans.
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#7The article doesn't seem to have immediate actionable recommendation, and is mainly a brick in a wall that can lead (or not) to better design decisions. One unclear point for example is what happens with the deposited toxins, how hard is it to clean them? are they transferred by touch?
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Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#8The more we study it, the more we learn how harmful the air inside our homes is. That's why fresh air is key. Crack a window or two open. Buy an air monitor that monitors CO2 (good proxy for overall freshness), VOCs (sometimes these build up much faster than CO2), and PM2.5. If CO2 or VOCs are high, open windows more. If PM2.5 is high and coming from outdoors, turn on an air filter. Yes, this means your heating and c…
This is advice that gets thrown around a lot, but it's missing the important bit of how to buy a meter that's both reasonably accurate and affordable. There are countless articles online showing how widely commonly sold meters vary in their readings. What's more, paying more often does not mean you'll get a more accurate reading. Sure, there's diminish returns and past a certain point it doesn't matter, but many meters are completely unreliable.
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#9The more we study it, the more we learn how harmful the air inside our homes is. That's why fresh air is key. Crack a window or two open. Buy an air monitor that monitors CO2 (good proxy for overall freshness), VOCs (sometimes these build up much faster than CO2), and PM2.5. If CO2 or VOCs are high, open windows more. If PM2.5 is high and coming from outdoors, turn on an air filter. Yes, this means your heating and c…
Those monitors are useless. Unless they're VERY expensive they only show a change over a short period of time
Re: Permeable materials in homes act as sponges for harmful chemicals: study
#10The more we study it, the more we learn how harmful the air inside our homes is. That's why fresh air is key. Crack a window or two open. Buy an air monitor that monitors CO2 (good proxy for overall freshness), VOCs (sometimes these build up much faster than CO2), and PM2.5. If CO2 or VOCs are high, open windows more. If PM2.5 is high and coming from outdoors, turn on an air filter. Yes, this means your heating and c…
Crack a window open (Except if you live in a city)