Better out than in?

"People think that air fresheners, incense and essential oils are good for indoor air quality, that they will clean the air and degrade pollutants, but no, they emit pollution", says Mandin. "We're being exposed to multiple chemicals simultaneously in the indoor environment and we have chemical-chemical interactions that are not fully understood", says Dorman. Features AS I weave through the London traffic on my bike, I always worry about the filthy air I am breathing. "There's literally thousands of chemicals that might exist in the indoor environment, and for many of those chemicals, we have very little information regarding their toxicity", says David Dorman at North Carolina State University, lead author of the NAS report. [Extracted from the article]

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