Review on Indoor Air Quality and Health
1Pratiksha R. Tayde, 2Nayana S. Shirbhate
1Research Scholar,
Vidya Vikas Arts, Commerce and Science College, Samudrapur– 442305
2Associate Professor,
Department of Botany, Vidya Vikas Arts, Commerce and Science College, Samudrapur Dist. Wardha – 442305
ABSTRACT
The quality of air inside spaces determines how comfortable and healthy building inhabitants remain in residential, commercial and institutional areas. Cooking areas together with basements and large-scale car parking spaces along with living rooms and kitchens and garages remain exposed to inadequate air quality because people use these spaces for smoking and cooking and cleaning and mosquito repellent use. The combined actions produce dangerous contaminants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) together with particulate matter (PM) and carbon monoxide (CO) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). The undetectable airborne pollutants give rise to respiratory difficulties and cardiovascular diseases along with worsening asthma symptoms that result in permanent health complications. The combination of wood-burning stoves with heating methods that use solid fuels and mosquito repellents which are typical in colder and tropical climates drives the production of benzene, toluene, and pyrethroids that create major health hazards. Chemicals including formaldehyde, isopropanol and cleaning agents found in healthcare facilities, offices and banks damage indoor air quality because they trigger respiratory symptoms and depression of the central nervous system as well as various health problems. Indoor air quality concerns grow worse because of substandard ventilation systems together with building material off-gas emissions and poor thermal conditions affecting temperature levels and humidity control and air velocity standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) along with other regulatory authorities defined guidelines to resolve these issues which emphasize proper ventilation and safe substance utilization and scheduled maintenance of systems which minimize pollutant contamination.
A strategic approach to IAQ controls represents a vital necessity that lowers health-related risks as well as boosts comfort and work productivity and classroom performance. Healthy inside environments with reduced health risks will emerge when people pursue pollutant source elimination alongside ventilation system efficiency enhancements and standard compliance.
Keywords: – indoor pollutants, respiratory diseases, thermal conditions, dust and molds, ventilation, productivity, health safety, indoor environment.
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2504I5VXIIIP0075
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