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Indoor Air is Worse Than Outside

28 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Derek Cole. This content was uploaded by Derek Cole. This is a YouTube video titled "Indoor Air is Worse Than Outside" (created 2023-04-28) containing a spoken monologue by a single presenter about indoor air quality. The speaker cites EPA statistics (people spend ~90% of time indoors; indoor air can be 2–5× worse than outdoor air), explains that modern energy-efficient, airtight homes trap VOCs (off‑gassing from paint, carpet), and links poor indoor air to health impacts.

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The indoor air quality in your house is important, is vital, and it can have a direct impact on your overall health. We spend. Today, we spend 90% of our time indoors. 90%. And the EPA says indoor air is two to five times worse than outside air. Why is that possible? We have built our homes to be energy efficient, which means they're tight, letting them breathe. You know, some of the older homes even had a breezy one through some l. So we got more energy efficient, which is good. The problem is we're starting to trap VOCs in the house. Volatile organic compounds, things that off gas from paint and carpet. You're breathing the air in. That's why it's worse than outside air.