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- The air inside our homes is always safe.
- Indoor air pollution may be more hazardous to your health than outdoor air pollution.
- You can't see, smell, or taste many indoor air pollutants.
- Indoor air pollutants can make you sick right away, or not for weeks, months, or years.
- Lead hurts young children and pregnant women more than other people.
- Pets are a source of pollution (for example, dander).
- You can't do anything to prevent indoor air quality problems.
- Indoor air pollutants can be either natural or artificial.
- Spending more time outdoors will always relieve the symptoms of an indoor air quality problem.
- It is very easy to tell if someone is sick because of bad indoor air.
- People spend as much as 90 percent of their time indoors.
- Radon smells like rotten eggs.
- All indoor air pollutants are artificial.
- Carbon monoxide comes from burning fuels.
- Formaldehyde is a gas that can come from building materials and furnishings.
- Opening a window will always solve an indoor air pollution problem.
- Secondhand cigarette smoke can cause cancer.
- Pesticides only hurt the pests they were designed to kill.
- Carbon monoxide comes from electricity.
- Smoking is only dangerous to the person who is smoking.
- Radon can cause lung cancer.
- Most conventional houses should be tested for radon.
- Health problems caused by indoor air pollution are always felt right away.
- Radon is found in household cleaners.
- Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that causes serious health problems.
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