Indoor Pollution & Geography
Indoor pollution, just like most other pollution, is inherently geographical. As seen from the National Burden of Diseases Estimates from...
Maintaining Indoor Quality - Singapore
As mentioned in the previous post, I will be talking about what some efforts the government in Singapore has taken to tackle the problems...
Reasons for poor indoor quality in China
China has one of worst issues with pollution, both outdoors and indoors. This article will discuss about some of the reasons for poor...
Quest for Zero Indoor Air Pollution
In India, Project Shunya helps tackle the issue of indoor air pollution in the less developed parts of the nation. Most of these problems...
Chinese Cooking- Cause of Pollution Indoors
Anything could be a source of pollution! According to a study, the rate of lung cancer is the highest among chinese women. This is not...
Puppies / Kittens - Threat ?
Plants, pets, pests are some of the sources of biological pollutants at home. Biological pollutants are or were living organisms. These...
Volatile Organic Chemicals
StartFragment Volatile Organic Chemicals ( VOCs in short) are compounds of carbons and compounds that can be evaporated into the air...
Webinar Session on Microbiomes of Indoor Environment
Chanced upon this webinar and discussion session happening next week. Pretty interesting and relevant to the issues we discuss in this...
Combustion Pollutants
Lets start with some pollutants that arise from combustion processes. Nitrogen Oxide Sometimes, nitrogen oxides are formed during...
Pollutants and Contaminants at Home (1)
Looks like the haze might be back. Time to stay indoors? As mentioned in the previous posts, it might not be much less polluted indoors....
