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Health & Indoor Air Quality
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
- Chemically unstable and can offgas
- No toxicity data on 80% of the 50,000 most common chemicals
- EPA estimates 1,000s die each year from indoor air pollution
- Health disorders include:
- flu-like symptoms
- run-down feeling from weakened immune system
- hyper-sensitive allergies
- kidney failure
- respiratory collapse
- cancer