Adding greenery to the home has long been recommended as a way to improve indoor air quality. Flowering plants are a beautiful living piece of home decor that can brighten up any room. However, can they use their leaves and roots to pull harmful pollutants from the air?

Whether you live in an urban or rural area, you may feel the effects of poor outdoor air quality. The same walls, doors and windows that protect your home from the elements could be an entry way for unwanted air pollutants like smog or pollen.

Our hearts ached as we watched the recent California wildfires rage on these past two weeks. As soon as news of the blaze in Butte County broke, we simply couldn’t stand idle, and rushed to find areas that could use our help.

Many parts of California are experiencing dangerous air quality because of wildfire smoke. There are several types of personal protection for our lungs during extreme air events. When you go outside during a local wildfire or other extreme air event, you see people with many different solutions to the dirty air, from bandanas to full-face gas masks to the ubiquitous N95 hardware store mask.

Air pollution affects everyone. Increasingly, people are using low-cost air quality sensors to measure this microscopic phenomenon. Can you trust the readings? The answer holds real-life implications, especially when it comes to your health.

Maintaining good indoor air quality in the home is crucial for everyone, but if you have (or are expecting) a baby, reducing indoor air pollution in the nursery is more important than ever. Pollutants and toxins in the air can have significant effects on a baby’s development, and may affect the lungs, immune system and brain.

Scented candles are popular, particularly during the holiday season. But can scented candles be bad for you? What types of pollutant are released when you burn these candles? We explore this and much more.