HOW TO AVOID AIR POLLUTION

Being smoke-free, including in the home, is your best approach to avoid air pollution.

Household cleaning products are another common cause of indoor air pollution. Hard flavor chemicals that give off fumes can irritate your nose, eyes and lungs, as well as your skin.

Indoor air pollution can improve a person’s possibility of having flares of chronic lung problems, like asthma.

Opening windows helps ventilation to your home, office and vehicles that’s not always possible due to allergies.

Have car out rush tested regularly.

Clean your dust surfaces and vacuum frequently.

Minimize your air freshener use.

Use craft supplies in good-ventilated areas.

Use your vehicle a lot less often. Carpooling and motor pool when you have the capacity to do so and consider using public transportation instead of walking.

Plant a garden that is going to allow the air the supplements that it needs to be cleaner. There are so many plants out there that will eat up the stuff in the atmosphere.

Don’t keep the lights or other electric devices always on.

Use a natural gas grill instead of charcoal. Then, you’re not putting coal into the air, which can be incredibly detrimental to the world around you.