Nokuba usebenza kude, ufundisa ekhaya okanye uhleli nje phantsi njengoko imozulu isiya iphola, ukuchitha ixesha elingakumbi endlwini yakho kuthetha ukuba unethuba lokusondela kwaye uzive ngokwakho ngazo zonke iimpawu zayo. Kwaye oko kunokukwenza uzibuze, “Livumba lani elo?” okanye, “Kutheni ndiqala ukukhohlela xa ndisebenza kwigumbi lam lokuphumla elaguqulwa laba yiofisi?”
Enye into enokwenzeka: Umgangatho womoya wangaphakathi wekhaya lakho (IAQ) usenokuba ungaphantsi komgangatho ofanelekileyo.
Umngundo, i-radon, i-dander yezilwanyana zasekhaya, umsi wecuba kunye ne-carbon monoxide zinokuchaphazela kakubi impilo yakho. “Sichitha ixesha lethu elininzi ngaphakathi, ukuze umoya ubaluleke njengangaphandle,” utshilo uAlbert Rizzo, ingcali yezifo zamaphaphu eNewark, eDel., kunye negosa eliyintloko lezonyango kwi-Umbutho wamaLung waseMelika.
I-Radon, igesi engenavumba, engenambala, yeyona nto yesibini ebangela umhlaza wemiphunga emva kokutshaya. I-carbon monoxide, ukuba ayilawulwa, inokubulala. Iikhompawundi ze-organic eziguquguqukayo (ii-VOC), ezikhutshwa zizinto zokwakha kunye neemveliso zasekhaya, zinokubangela iingxaki zokuphefumla. Ezinye izinto ezincinci zinokubangela ukuphefumla okufutshane, ukuxinana kwesifuba okanye ukuphefumla. Ikwanxulunyaniswa nomngcipheko okhulayo weziganeko zentliziyo, utshilo uJonathan Parsons, ingcali yezifo zamaphaphu kwiYunivesithi yaseOhio State.IZiko lezonyango laseWexnerNjengoko ezi ngozi zempilo zisenokubonakala, yintoni abanini bezindlu abanokuyenza ukuqinisekisa ukuba umoya obangqongileyo ukhuselekile?
Ukuba uthenga indlu, naziphi na iingxaki ze-IAQ, ingakumbi i-radon, ziya kuphawulwa ngexesha lokuhlolwa kwekhaya okuqinisekisiweyo kwangaphambili. Ngaphaya koko, uParsons akacebisi izigulane ukuba zivavanywe umgangatho womoya wasekhaya ngaphandle kwesizathu. “Kumava am ezonyango, uninzi lwezinto ezibangela ukugula zifunyanwa ngokuphonononga imbali yesigulane,” utshilo. “Umgangatho womoya ombi uyinyani, kodwa uninzi lweengxaki zicacile: izilwanyana zasekhaya, isitovu esitshiswa ngomthi, isikhunta eludongeni, izinto onokuzibona. Ukuba uthenga okanye ulungisa kwaye ufumane ingxaki enkulu yesikhunta, ngoko ke kuyacaca ukuba kufuneka uyinyamekele, kodwa indawo yesikhunta ebhafini yakho okanye ekhaphethini kulula ukuyilawula.”
Kwiimeko ezininzi, i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo ayikucebisi uvavanyo lwe-IAQ lwasekhaya ngokubanzi. “Indawo nganye yangaphakathi yahlukile, ngoko ke akukho vavanyo lunye olunokulinganisa zonke iinkalo ze-IAQ ekhayeni lakho,” utshilo isithethi se-arhente kwi-imeyile. “Ukongeza, akukho mida ye-EPA okanye eminye imida karhulumente ebekwe kumgangatho womoya wangaphakathi okanye uninzi lwezinto ezingcolisayo zangaphakathi; ke ngoko, akukho migangatho karhulumente yokuthelekisa iziphumo zokuthatha iisampulu.”
Kodwa ukuba ukhohlela, uphelelwa ngumoya, uphefumla kancinci okanye unentloko ebuhlungu engapheliyo, kunokufuneka ube ngumcuphi. “Ndicela abanini bezindlu ukuba babhale phantsi ijenali yemihla ngemihla,” utshilo uJay Stake, umongameli we-Umbutho woMgangatho woMoya wangaphakathi(IAQA). "Ngaba uziva uphoxekile xa ungena ekhitshini, kodwa ulungile eofisini? Oku kunceda ekuqwalaseleni ingxaki kwaye kunokukunceda ukonge imali xa uvavanya umgangatho womoya ngaphakathi."
URizzo uyavuma. “Yiba nomonde. Ngaba kukho into okanye indawo ethile eyenza iimpawu zakho zibe zimbi okanye zibe ngcono? Zibuze, ‘Yintoni etshintshileyo ekhayeni lam? Ngaba kukho umonakalo wamanzi okanye ikhaphethi entsha? Ngaba nditshintshe iisepha okanye iimveliso zokucoca?’ Enye indlela eqatha: Shiya ikhaya lakho iiveki ezimbalwa uze ubone ukuba iimpawu zakho ziyaphucuka na,” utshilo.
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Ixesha lokuthumela: Agasti-08-2022