Keep Indoor Air Safe For Your Child
Children spend about 85 percent of their time indoors, where the air is two to five times more polluted than the outdoor air! The materials and products we use to furnish and maintain our indoor environments can release hundreds of pollutants such as formaldehyde, volatile organic compounds (found in paint), ozone and even biological allergens. As a result, they face long-term health risks due to indoor air pollution. The source for these pollutants come from a variety of products in our homes and schools such as furnishings, flooring, electronics, window treatments, mattresses, cleaners and paints.
With increasing concern over pollutants and their impact on children’s health, the GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification Program offers a solution to parents concerned about the indoor air quality of their homes and in their children’s schools.
The GREENGUARD Children & Schools standard is overseen by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI), an industry independent, non-profit organization. The Institute’s mission is to improve human health and quality of life through programs that improve indoor air, tests and certifies indoor products based on strict chemical emissions criteria. The GREENGUARD certification mark can be found on more than 110,000 products produced by over 100 manufacturers like DuPont, Owens Corning, Hunter Douglas and Naturepedic.
GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for building materials, interior products, indoor environments and building designs, and GEI is considered one of the world’s foremost resources on indoor air quality.
These days everyone is trying to market their products as “green” so it is nice to know if you see the GREENGUARD mark, you know it has been tested and it will emit the fewest possible pollutants into the air.
Look for the GREENGUARD mark the next time you are shopping.
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November 10th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Hi,
Because Climate Change is a Type of Air Pollution. When people think of air pollution, they most often associate it with the sort of dirty discharge that can be readily seen coming from the smokestacks of coal-fired plants or even the particulate matter that is emitted from automotive tailpipes. However, the most common and potentially dangerous gases that threaten life on Earth are actually greenhouse gases.
Carbon dioxide and methane, together, account for about 30% of the “greenhouse effect” that, at levels that had been steady since the end of the last ice age, keeps the Earth at the relatively comfortable temperatures that more life enjoys. However, while the levels of water vapor (which actually account for most of the greenhouse effect) have remained relatively stable, the amount of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere has sky-rocketed, due largely to the burning of fossil fuels and the massive increase in the number of ruminant animals used for meat production.
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April 26th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
I didnˇ¦t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me.