| Tips For Healthier Indoor Air Provided at Public Workshop |
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During a free, interactive workshop, doctoral students from the Indoor Environmental Science & Engineering graduate program at The University of Texas at Austin will give local residents tips on how to reduce the health threats posed by pollutants in their home air and in many other indoor settings . Photo at left: Scot Waye, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, describes household items that can produce harmful carbon monoxide gas during the introductory overview portion of the indoor air workshop. |
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The average American spends 18 hours indoors for every hour outdoors, often exposed to higher concentrations of harmful substances than exist outside. During one of the workshop demonstrations, Tess Stafford from the Indoor Environmental Science & Engineering graduate program will demonstrate the concentrations of different harmful chemicals produced by household cleaners while explaining how to use cleaners more judiciously. Stafford is a doctoral student in economics. |
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Undergraduate students from civil, architectural, and environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin recently reviewed some of the 12 posters that will be part of the indoor air workshop. |
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Another undergraduate student takes a closer look at a poster of human lungs that describes some major pollutants in indoor air: particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, volatile organic compounds, and lead. Many of these pollutants can irritate and eventually harm human lungs.
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