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The air inside our homes originates outside and can carry pollen or pollutants, such as those produced by combustion engines. Indoor sources might add to the mix with tobacco smoke, cooking, mold spores, dust and pet dander.
When spring arrives, it’s a joy to open your windows and feel the fresh air. All too soon it will be summer and we’ll shut ourselves in again. This ritual raises a question: Which is healthier — outdoor air or indoor air?
The Michigan Center on Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease recently sponsored its annual “Climate Change and Health: What the Science Says and What We Can Do” forum in collaboration with the Environmental Health Sciences department of the School of Public Health and the School for Environment and Sustainability of the University of Michigan.
Algal blooms are common in the Great Lakes in the summertime, but they may be more dangerous than originally believed. WEMU's David Fair talked with Andrew Ault, assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences, about a study that determined that algal blooms can become airborne and what that means for public health.