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816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1987
Pollution In The Home
BY BARBARA MILLER
Lycoming Co. Correspondent
WILLIAMSPORT The air
your breathe at home could be
more harmful than Los Angeles
smog, according to Dr. Phyllis
Earner, the Penn State extension
housing specialist
Bamer addressed homemakers
on indoor-air pollution at Lycom
ing County’s Fall Homemaker’s
Day last week. Other topics at the
meeting were curbing holiday
spending and creating com husk
dolls.
“Oven cleaners and furniture
sprays are among the most toxic
contaminants in the house,” said
Bamer. ‘ ‘They are so toxic, in fact
that the containers are now on a list
of products to go to a special toxic
waste dump.”
Earner explained that indoor-air
pollution became a problem when
homeowners insulated their houses
to increase energy efficiency. As
a result, air flow in the home was
drastically diminished. In the
1850’s, it is estimated that air was
exchanged four times per hour in
an average;Size house. By 100
years later, that exchange rate had
decreased to 1.5 air changes per
hour, and homes built in the ’Bos
have an air exchange only once
every three hours. The government
recommends a minimum of one
exchange every two hours.
“You can increase air
exchanges by opening windows on
opposing sides of the room one
inch for five minutes each hour,”
Earner stated.
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slon Specialist from Penn State, tells homemakers how to
have a more relaxed and er ible Christmas holiday.
jmon: rated corn husk doll making to participai
Day at the Lycoming County Fair.
Discussing indoor air quality, Dr. Phyllis Barner, Exten
sion Specialist In Housing from Penn State University,
warns homemakers of the toxic effects of ordinary house
hold cleaners.
Pollutants fall into three main
categories; combustion-related
products, formaldehyde-based
building materials, and household
cleaners and personal-care
products.
Combustion-related contamin
ants are released into the air by
burning fuels such as wood, gas,
coal and kerosene. These fuels
give off carbon monoxide and
among other things, which may
cause blurred vision, impaired
mental and physical performance,
irregular heartbeat, and even
death.
Building materials, such as
chipboard and pressed wood, that
have used formaldehyde as a pre
servative or bonding resin releases
vapors that may cause headaches,
dizziness, lethargy, nausea, nose
bleeds, and memory loss.
The household products to
watch out for are moth crystal
balls, aerosol sprays, paint strip
pers, and tobacco smoke. These
products include contaminants
such as amonia, methylenechloride,
lead arsenate, and mercury.
Earner also expressed concern
over radon contamination. Thirty
five of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties
have been listed by the EPA as
possessing geological characteris
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