Much of our lives is spent indoors where we live, work, and play. What is in the air we breathe indoors affects our health and quality of life. Some common pollutants that could be present in indoor air include carbon monoxide, radon, mold, asbestos, formaldehyde, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A number of projects on Public Lab have explored indoor air quality, monitoring and remediation. Check out the materials below, follow the tag indoor-air-quality and add your materials to this topic. ### Questions [questions:indoor-air-quality] ### Activities [activities:indoor-air-quality] ### Research notes [notes:indoor-air-quality!question:indoor-air-quality] ### Wikis All wiki pages relating to air quality: [wikis:indoor-air-quality] ### Regulations on indoor air quality #### Federal regulations Many of us spend a large portion of our time indoors, and yet indoor air quality remains largely unregulated at the federal level in the US [[1](https://www.epa.gov/regulatory-information-topic/regulatory-information-topic-air#indoorair)]. For office buildings and other workplaces, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets rules on ventilation and some air pollutants [[2](https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/indoorairquality/)], but there are no federal regulatory standards on indoor air quality for these spaces. In addition, the air we breathe inside our schools [[3](https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/are-schools-required-follow-epas-iaq-tools-schools-guidance)], homes, and apartment buildings also lacks federal air quality standards, leaving individual states to set their own rules. Sources: 1. [https://www.epa.gov/regulatory-information-topic/regulatory-information-topic-air#indoorair](https://www.epa.gov/regulatory-information-topic/regulatory-information-topic-air#indoorair) 2. [https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/indoorairquality/ ](https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/indoorairquality/) 3. [https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/are-schools-required-follow-epas-iaq-tools-schools-guidance](https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/are-schools-required-follow-epas-iaq-tools-schools-guidance) #### Local, tribal, or state regulations The Environmental Law Institute maintains a searchable database of indoor air quality laws in individual US states here: [https://www.eli.org/buildings/database-state-indoor-air-quality-laws](https://www.eli.org/buildings/database-state-indoor-air-quality-laws) The US Environmental Protection Agency provides links to state, tribal, and regional indoor air quality programs here: [https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/epa-regional-office-and-state-indoor-air-quality-information ](https://www.epa.gov/indoor-air-quality-iaq/epa-regional-office-and-state-indoor-air-quality-information)...
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TruePointInsurance | "One would think that the answer would be yes, mining can increase radiation levels. Research as confirmed that to be true. Specifically uranium m..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
silentsairam | "Yes. Mining affects Radon levels.Miners in uranium, tin, silver, coal, and other types of underground mines increase radon exposure. Good ventilati..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
Ag8n | " Consumer reports did an evaluation of radon test kits a few years ago. Might be a good place to start. " | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
stevie | "That's neat! Thanks for the offer. I think I got most of my questions answered on that website. But I have another questions for her if you happen ..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
stevie | "I ordered a couple of these, they seem pretty intuitive. This website has a good bit of information on it in terms of the kits, and radon in genera..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
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nshapiro | " I'm not sure if this method would be helpful for sampling things like heavy metals or pesticides, as we're just looking at microbiome data. The th..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
Bronwen | "This is fascinating! Can you say any more about the tests you would run on these samples? I imagine it would vary depending somewhat on your concer..." | Read more » | about 5 years ago | |||
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liz | " From /wiki/formaldehyde: Symptoms of exposure to low concentrations of formaldehyde may include headache, nausea, throat and skin irritation, and..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
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Bronwen | " There is an overview of some of they symptoms of formaldehyde exposure over on the OSHA website, here: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations..." | Read more » | over 5 years ago | |||
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