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Your home environment and your health

WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT CONTROL AIR QUALITY WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT CONTROL

THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL - OTHER THAN MOVING OR CHANGING GOVERNMENT POLICY, WE HAVE LIMITED CONTROL OVER COMMERCIAL POLLUTION CONTROL. - AS CITIZENS, WE NEED TO TRUST OUR GOVERNMENT TO MAKING OUR AIR SAFE.

THE BIGGEST THING WE CONTROL SMOKING – impacts every system or function in body INCREASE HEART RATE + RESTRCTING BLOOD VESSELS RESPIRATORY ISSUES – asthma, colds, infections, pneumonia + longer recovery time SMALLER LUNGS – teen smoker actually have smaller, under developed lungs BAD BREATHE, SMELLY CLOTHES, POOR SKIN, DENTAL PROBLEMS

LONG TERM IMPACTS OF SMOKING ADDICTION & FINANCIAL BURDEN INCREASED CHANCES OF STROKE , HEART ATTACK AND BLOOD FLOW PROBLEMS RELATED TO THICKER BLOOD CANCER – “The CDC identifies tobacco use as a known cause of cancers of the mouth, larynx, throat, blood, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, kidney, bladder and uterus. While not yet scientifically proven, it is thought to cause cancers of the prostate, breast, liver and colon.” WWW.LIVESTRONG.COM CHRONIC BROCHCHITIS & EMPHYSEMA INCREASE RISK OF FRACTURES DUE TO LOW BONE DENSITY VISUAL PROBLEMS SKIN, HAIR, NAIL AND OTHER COSMETIC PROBLEMS

THINGS WE CAN CONTROL 2ND HAND SMOKE – 2 KINDS SIDESTREAM – OFF THE BURNING END MAINSTREAM – EXHALED BY THE SMOKER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CARCINOGEN - ANY SUBSTANCE KNOW TO CAUSE CANCER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LETS TALK FACTS! http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/TobaccoCancer/secondhand-smoke

WE CAN CONTROL 0UR HOME’S INDOOR AIR QUALITY SIMPLE AND EASY STRATGIES TO IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY OPEN WINDOW OR USE FANS WHEN SHOWERING OPEN WINDOWS OR VENT THE ROOM WHEN USE HAIR & NAIL PRODUCTS AS WELL AS ART / HOBBY SUPPLIES DRY WATER DAMAGED AREAS WITHIN 24 HOURS SWITCH TO CHEMICAL FREE CLEANING PRODUCTS TRY TO ELIMINATE AEROSOL CANS VENTILATE WHILE COOKING WITH A GAS STOVE (NITROGEN DIOXIDE) CONSIDER ADDING INDOOR PLANTS - PLANTS PRODUCE OXYGEN, HELP FILTER TOXINS, AND REDUCE POLLUTANTS FREQUENTLY CHAN GE FURNACE/AC FILTERS

INDOOR ASTHMA TRIGGERS AND SOLUTIONS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TRIGGERS SMOKING IN HOUSE, CAR OR OTHER CONFINED SPACE DUST MITES / PET DANDER DUST PARTICLES AVOIDANCE FREQUENT VACUMMING WASH BEDDING USING HOT WATER MATRESS AND PILLOW PROTECTOR SPEAK TO DOCTOR DAMP CLOTH DUSTING

RADON Definition – Radon is odorless,colorles,tastelss,and one of the densest substances that remains a gas under normal conditions. It is also the only gas that only has radioactive isotopes, and is considered a health hazard due to its radioactivity. wikipedia.com RADON IS THE #1 CAUSE OF LUNG CANCER AMONG NON-SMOKERS GET A FREE HOME TEST KIT -http://www.lunginfo.org/FREERADONKIT OR (800)23RADON