Quality indoor air, quality health

KING COUNTY, WA - On National Indoor Air Quality Awareness Week (October 21-27), Public Health - Seattle & King County is launching its new Indoor Air Quality webpage, and informing residents of the problems associated with poor indoor air quality and the ways to improve the air in homes.

"Poor air quality can lead to serious health problems, like allergies, asthma and other lung diseases. By improving the air quality in your home, you're protecting your health," said Dr. Alonzo Plough, Director of Public Health - Seattle & King County.

See Public Health's new Indoor Air Quality webpage.

Public Health's Indoor Air Quality webpage includes:

• Ways to determine whether you have an indoor air quality problem
• Ways to find and eliminate the source of these problems
• Ways to prevent and get rid of mold

How do you know if you have a problem with the quality of air in your home? If you answer "yes" to one or more of the following questions, you may want to investigate the quality of your indoor environment to correct possible problems:

• Do you or others sneeze and cough in your home?
• Do you or others in your home wake up congested or with a headache?
• Do you or others in your home often have an irritated throat, nose or eyes?
• If you or others in your home have any of the above symptoms, are they more common in a certain part of the house?
• Does anyone in your home have frequent asthma episodes or respiratory infections?
• Do you notice that you feel physically better when you are away from home?

For additional information on indoor air quality, visit the Environmental Protection Agency.