Check Your Indoor Air Quality
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A quiz provided by the New York State Health Department
| YES | NO | ||
| 1. | Does your home usually feel stuffy or does the air smell stale when you enter from the outside? | ||
| 2. | Do cooking odors linger for several hours? | ||
| 3. | During the winter, is there excessive condensation or ice on windows, walls or ceilings? | ||
| 4. | Is mold growing anywhere in your home? | ||
| 5. | Is there soot around your furnace, boiler, or hot water heater? | ||
| 6. | If you heat your home with a gas or oil furnace, do you ever smell gas or oil fumes? | ||
| 7. | If you heat your home with wood, do you often smell wood smoke? | ||
| 8. | Does anyone in your household often experience any of the following symptoms when at home, but not when they are away from home? | ||
| * | Headaches | ||
| * | Itchy, watery or burning eyes | ||
| * | Feelings of confusion or dizziness | ||
| * | Breathing difficulties | ||
| * | Nasal congestion | ||
| * | Dry, sore throat | ||
| * | Drowsiness |
If your answer to any of these questions is "yes", the air quality in your home may be poor. Please refer to the article "Indoor Air Quality and Your Home" to help you determine how to identify indoor air quality problems and how to improve the air quality in your home.
