Help, my sofa is killing me! The toxic chemicals hiding in your home – and how to avoid them
From mattresses to saucepans, scientists offer tweaks to help detoxify your spaceThe problem Whenever we burn anything inside our homes, we cause indoor air pollution, whether we’re cooking using gas, frying bacon, lighting a wood burner, an open fire, a cigarette or incense, or ruining the toast. “ We spend 80-90% of our time indoors,” says Prof Francis Pope, chair of atmospheric science at the University of Birmingham. “And there is potential to have quite high concentrations of pollution indoors. This…
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