Breathe Easy: Tips for Improving Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality
The Breathe Easy: Tips for Improving Indoor and Outdoor Air Quality video, developed by Oregon Health Authority's "Choose Safe Places" program, gives practical steps to improve indoor and outdoor air quality for homes, schools, and childcare facilities. The resource recommends planting trees and prohibiting smoking and vehicle idling on your property as ways to improve outdoor air quality. It details how outdoor air pollution, combined with everyday indoor activities like cooking, cleaning, and heating can adversely impact indoor air quality. The video emphasizes ventilation when outdoor air quality is good as a means to remove chemicals and discourage mold. It also advises frequent cleaning by wet mopping and wet dusting to remove chemicals, dust, and dander without stirring them up. The video recommends checking outdoor air conditions and staying indoors when outdoor air quality is poor, as well as ways to improve indoor air quality.