Lead off with Deb’s story exactly as is…  Deb Violette is one of the lucky ones… only 17% of lung cancer patients live more than 5 years after diagnosis.  Most important, she had a smart doctor that helped make the connection between the radon levels in the air and water in her home and her […]

Contributed by the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council (www.maineindoorair.org) We often think of air pollution as being an outside problem.  But in fact, the air indoors (where people spend most of their time) can be more polluted than the air outside.  Radon, lead, mold, carbon monoxide, chemicals, and pests are just some of the things […]

By Kurt Johnson, Immediate Past President, Maine Indoor Air Quality Council We know there are things in our home that can make us sick.  According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Cancer Institute, 80% of our cancers are caused environmentally. In addition, the EPA says that our #1 environmental threat is indoor […]