https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/science/airborne-louis-pasteur-germs.html
Posts Tagged ‘indoorair’
Louis Pasteur’s Relentless Hunt for Germs Floating in the Air – The New York Times
February 23, 2025Far From the Fires, the Deadly Risks of Smoke Are Intensifying – The New York Times
January 18, 2025The persistence of smoke VOCs indoors: Partitioning, surface cleaning, and air cleaning in a smoke-contaminated house | Science Advances
December 22, 2024https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh8263
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Many volatile organic compounds (VOCs) persisted days following the smoke injection, providing a longer-term exposure pathway for humans….These rates imply that vapor pressure controls partitioning behavior and that house ventilation plays a minor role in removing smoke VOCs. However, surface cleaning activities (vacuuming, mopping, and dusting) physically removed surface reservoirs and thus reduced indoor smoke VOC concentrations more effectively than portable air cleaners and more persistently than window opening.
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The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes
December 10, 2024This pre-pandemic article highlights the indoor air quality issues that can arise from one’s kitchen.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air-pollution-in-our-homes
Indoor air monitoring goes to school
November 10, 2024https://cen.acs.org/analytical-chemistry/Indoor-air-monitoring-goes-school/102/i27
nice discussion of monitoring + using CO2 + VOCs as a proxies for airborne germs
Respiratory Illness Protocols / Indoor Air Quality Sensor Dashboard
November 10, 2024https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/Page/8810
Very impressive dashboard with real-time sensor data – perhaps of use
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for ventilation and indoor air quality | Science
September 8, 2024https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp2241
Morawska, L., Li, Y., & Salthammer, T. (2024). Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for ventilation and indoor air quality. Science, 385(6707), 396–401. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adp2241
Also:
Funk, M. A., Ash, C., Smith, J., Uzogara, E., & Wible, B. (2024). Clearing the air. Science, 385(6707), 378–379.
doi.org/10.1126/science.adr4683
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