Nokuba usebenza ukude, ufunda ekhaya okanye uzingela nje njengoko imozulu isiya iphola, ukuchitha ixesha elininzi ekhayeni lakho kuthetha ukuba unethuba lokusondela kwaye ubuqu kunye nazo zonke izinto ezingalunganga.Kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba uyazibuza, "Liyintoni elo vumba?"okanye, "Kutheni ndiqala ukukhohlela xa ndisebenza kwigumbi lam elisecaleni elaguqulwa laba yiofisi?"
Enye into enokwenzeka: Umgangatho womoya wangaphakathi kwikhaya lakho (IAQ) unokuba ngaphantsi kunokulunga.
Umngundo, iradon, i-pet dander, umsi wecuba kunye necarbon monoxide inokuchaphazela kakubi impilo yakho.UAlbert Rizzo, ugqirha wemiphunga eNewark, Del.Umbutho wamaLung waseMelika.
I-radon, irhasi engenavumba, engenambala, ngunobangela wesibini ophambili womhlaza wemiphunga emva kokutshaya.Ikharbhon monoxide, ukuba iyekwa ingajongwa, inokubulala.I-Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ekhutshwa ngezinto zokwakha kunye neemveliso zendlu, inokunyusa iimeko zokuphefumula.Eminye imiba inokubangela ukuphefumla nzima, ukuxinana kwesifuba okanye ukutswina.Ikwanxulunyaniswa nomngcipheko owonyukayo weziganeko zentliziyo, utshilo uJonathan Parsons, ugqirha wemiphunga kwiYunivesithi yaseOhio State.IZiko lezoNyango laseWexner.Ekubeni kukho zonke ezi ngozi zempilo ezisenokubakho, yintoni abanokuyenza abaninimzi ukuqinisekisa ukuba umoya obangqongileyo ukhuselekile?
Ukuba uthenga ikhaya, nayiphi na imiba ye-IAQ, ngakumbi i-radon, iya kuqatshelwa ngexesha lokuhlolwa kwekhaya eliqinisekisiweyo.Ngaphaya koko, iParsons ayicebisi izigulana ukuba zivavanywe umgangatho womoya wasekhaya ngaphandle kwesizathu.“Kumava am ezonyango, uninzi lwezinto ezibangela ukuba zichongwe ngokuphonononga imbali yonyango yesigulana,” utshilo.“Umoya ongekho mgangathweni wokwenene, kodwa imibandela emininzi icacile: izilwanyana zasekhaya, isitovu seenkuni, ukungunda eludongeni, izinto onokuzibona.Ukuba uthenga okanye ulungisa kwakhona kwaye ufumane umba omkhulu wokungunda, kuyacaca ukuba kufuneka uwukhathalele, kodwa indawo yokungunda ebhafini yakho okanye kwikhaphethi kulula ukuzilawula.”
Kwiimeko ezininzi, i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lokusiNgqongileyo nayo ayicebisi uvavanyo lwe-IAQ oluqhelekileyo lwasekhaya."Indawo nganye yangaphakathi yangaphakathi iyingqayizivele, ngoko akukho vavanyo olunokulinganisa yonke imiba ye-IAQ kwikhaya lakho," isithethi se-arhente sabhala nge-imeyile.“Ukongezelela, akukho EPA okanye eminye imida yomanyano ebekelwe umgangatho womoya wangaphakathi okanye uninzi lwezinto ezingcolisa ngaphakathi;ke ngoko, akukho migangatho yomanyano yokuthelekisa iziphumo zesampulu.”
Kodwa ukuba uyakhohlela, uphefumla nzima, uyatswina okanye unentloko ebuhlungu engapheliyo, kungafuneka ube ngumcuphi.“Ndicela abaninimzi ukuba bagcine ijenali yemihla ngemihla,” utshilo uJay Stake, umongameli weUmbutho woMgangatho woMoya wangaphakathi(IAQA)."Ngaba uziva ukhululekile xa ungena ekhitshini, kodwa ulungile eofisini?Oku kunceda ukuba ungangeni kule ngxaki kwaye kunokukongela imali ngokuba novavanyo olupheleleyo lomgangatho womoya wangaphakathi. ”
URizzo uyavuma.“Yiba neliso elibukhali.Ngaba kukho into okanye indawo ethile eyenza ukuba iimpawu zakho zibe mbi okanye zibe ngcono?Zibuze, ‘Yintoni etshintshileyo ekhayeni lam?Ngaba kukho umonakalo wamanzi okanye ikhaphethi entsha?Ngaba ndizitshintshile izinto zokucoca okanye zokucoca?'Olunye ukhetho olungqongqo: Shiya ikhaya lakho iiveki ezimbalwa kwaye ubone ukuba iimpawu zakho ziyaphucuka,” utshilo.
Ukusuka https://www.washingtonpost.com nguLaura Yonke imihla
Ixesha lokuposa: Aug-08-2022