The air inside your home can affect your health. A CSU expert explains how to keep it clean and clear

About this episode

Delphine Farmer discusses the impact of indoor air quality on health and offers tips for improving it.

Summertime in Colorado often means the air we breathe is a little compromised. There are ozone alert days, when the nastier components in the air along the Front Range make the air feel a little thicker. And there are those hazy wildfire days when smoke irritates your lungs and stings your eyes. Our guest today says we shouldn’t overlook the importance of indoor air quality. Delphine Farmer is a professor of chemistry at Colorado State University who says the air inside our homes is one of the biggest influences on our health – whether it's fine particulates from cooking, or fumes from bathroom cleaners. Delphine shared some tips with Erin O’Toole on how to spruce up the air inside your home and what to watch for as you do it. * * * * * Sign up for the In The NoCo newsletter: Visit KUNC.org Questions? Feedback? Story ideas? Email us: NOCO@KUNC.org Like what you're hearing? Help more people discover In The NoCo by rating the show on your favorite podcast app. Thanks! Host and Producer: Erin O'Toole Executive Producer: Brad Turner Theme music by Robbie Reverb Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions In The NoCo is a production of KUNC News and Community Radio for Northern Colorado.

People in this episode

Host: Erin O'Toole

Guest: Delphine Farmer

Topics covered

• indoor air quality
• health
• environment
• Colorado
• wildfire smoke
• ozone alert

Keywords

• indoor air quality
• health
• Colorado
• wildfire smoke
• ozone alert
• clean air
• chemistry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Colorado State University, KUNC

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