According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans spend 90% of their time indoors. Improving our indoor air quality is critical to our health, comfort, productivity, and safety.

The AirAdvice State of Our Indoor Air Report 2007, a landmark report developed by AirAdvice, Inc., presents findings based on 49,130 indoor air quality (IAQ) tests conducted in homes across North America over a 34- month period (March 2004 – December 2006). The analysis of these findings represents the largest collection of data of its kind in the world.

• How poor indoor air quality affects our health—symptoms and conditions such as allergies and asthma are on the rise; are you and your family at risk?
• The nature, frequency, and severity of indoor air quality problems in homes—what you don’t know could be making you sick.
• The connection between “greener” living, energy cost savings, and indoor air quality.
• How to take control of indoor air quality in your home—get tips on common problems, easy solutions, and how to create a better indoor environment in your home.

• 96.7% of North American homes have at least one of 6 common indoor air quality (IAQ) problems.
• The most rampant indoor air problem is particle allergens (dust, dander, pollen, spores, bacteria, etc.)—it occurs in 91% of all homes.
• In children aged 5 to 17 years, asthma is the leading cause of school absence, with over 14 million school days lost to this disease.

Go to www.airadvice.com/company_info/publications.html to download the AirAdvice State of Our Indoor Air Report 2007. For more indoor air quality information and resources, visit www.airadvice.com or for an Indoor Air Analysis, please click here.