Instructions to decrease pollution inside our residences

Instructions to decrease pollution inside our residences

The rise of the problems of allergy testifies to it, our environment is strongly polluted, as well outside as inside, even much inside than outside… To decrease our exposure, two solutions are essential: to air our habitat and to limit our polluting emissions.

Air your housing

Pollutants emitted by outside (fume industrial, domestic and collective heating, road traffic…) penetrate in our habitat by the windows, the doors, the chimneys, the ventilation systems, etc the solution is not to block up themselves but conversely to largely air and to frequently renew the air.
Our interior emits to him also great quantities of pollutants coming from our activities there but also of materials, coatings, furniture, decoration, animals, plants, maintenance products, etc Against this car-pollution, it is necessary still to renew our interior air.

In practice: air the parts of your housing ½ hour per day, ideally 15 minutes the morning and 15 minutes the evening. This practice allows a sufficient renewal of the ambient air and the reduction of the water content.

Limit the sources of pollution interior

No nicotinism inside.
Maintain a temperature lain between 18°C and 20°C and heat your housing regularly.
Take care that your heating appliance functions well, that it is regulated and regularly controlled well.
Make control and maintain ventilations, grills ventilation, VMC…
Be wary of backs up heater: rejection of moisture, products of combustion and risk of intoxication to carbon monoxide (CO). They should function only punctually and with the proviso of airing well.
Avoid deodorizers and the perfumes of environment.
Avoid the aerosols, if not privilege the products “Ecolabels” which guarantee a weak emission of volatile organic compounds (COV).
Limit the use of the maintenance products (produced for panes, sprays…).
Avoid certain house plants, the aquariums, the dryer or any other object or practice which increases the water content, favorable to the development of the acarina and the moulds.
The house plants must be of number limited in the dwelling and not be placed in the rooms. Be wary, certain plants are allergisantes like the ficus benjamina, the papyrus, rubber.
In the event of visible moulds, carry out work of sealing and insulation necessary and wash the moulds in bleach diluted.
Arrange clothing in closed cupboards.
No pets in the rooms.
Regularly wash the cuddly toys and the doudous children.
In the event of emitting purchase of new furniture of the COV, assemble it then let it be aired in a ventilated room or on a terrace.
For work of painting, choose products carrying a label indicating the respect of the environment. Failing this, privilege paintings with water.
Attention all that is “natural” is not inevitably good for health. For example, incense sticks, scented candles, burn-perfumes release from the irritating COV for the respiratory tracts. Another example, the floor coverings like “coconuts” and other vegetable fibers use an adhesive being able to emit COV. Be vigilant.