| Products that you use in your home and office every | | | | VOCs in the indoor air of new buildings is on average |
| day emit gases that can harm your health, both right | | | | 20 to 40 mg per m 3. Adverse health effects may |
| away and after extended exposure. These gases are | | | | be felt at 10 mg per m 3. 0"> |
| known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and | | | | According to the Environmental Protection Agency, |
| they're emitted from a whole slew of items so much | | | | concentrations of VOCs are consistently up to 10 |
| so that there's a pretty good chance your new | | | | times higher indoors than outdoors. Other studies |
| home, office, car -- even that shiny new airplane you | | | | have found that certain organic compounds average |
| took your last business trip in -- are literally bathing | | | | levels two to five times higher in indoor air than |
| you in a chemical cocktail. Building a new home? | | | | outdoor air. |