Why Analyze

Why Analyze Indoor Air Quality

Understanding why the air inside your home deserves the same scrutiny we already give to food, water, and outdoor air.

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Find Out What is in Your Air

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The Question

If What We Breathe Matters, Why Is Indoor Air an Afterthought?

We spend roughly 90 percent of our time indoors. Indoor air has been linked in research to coughs, headaches, dizziness, asthma, COPD, allergic reactions, sinus issues, depression, low energy, skin irritation, itchy eyes, and a range of other conditions, including cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Despite all of that, most professionals you might ask about symptoms are not the ones measuring or correcting the indoor air itself.

Drug companies sell pharmaceuticals
Allergists treat allergies
Environmentalists focus on outdoor air
Pharmacists dispense drugs
Pulmonologists treat the lungs
ER doctors stabilize the patient
Landlords minimize expenses
Health Insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare pay for healthcare
Few professionals focus on measuring and correcting indoor air

Indoor Air and Disease

Not Just Asthma Anymore

It was once thought that poor indoor air quality only worsened existing breathing-related diseases. The current literature suggests it also plays a role in the onset of many of those diseases. Lab analysis turns that risk into something you can quantify and act on, instead of a vague concern.

Evidence-based data on what is in the air you breathe
Identification of indoor pollutant sources
Plain-language remediation guidance
Comparisons against outdoor baselines

What Changed

Modern Buildings Are Sealed, and That is the Problem

Asthma, COPD, and other breathing-related chronic conditions have increased, even though outdoor air is cleaner than it has been since World War II. Indoor air is often two to five times more polluted with chemicals than outdoor air, with around two and a half times the particulate load, because modern construction isolates the inside from the outside on purpose. In one study, 25 percent of indoor mold spore samples taken over a five-year period contained more than four times the median spore count.

Plaster and hardwood swapped for carpet and drywall (higher mold growth)
UV-blocking coatings on double-pane windows reduce bacteria-killing sunlight
Weather stripping prevents fresh air infiltration
Tyvek and caulked seams seal the building envelope

Woman relaxing at a sunny window in her home

What You Can Do

Measure, Then Decide

A professional's expertise is to provide the services they are trained in, not to redirect a patient to a different specialty. It is up to consumers to choose which service fits a given concern. For a lot of vague symptoms that come and go at home, indoor air quality analysis is a better first step than another round of prescriptions. We give you the data so you can make an informed decision about your home.

Lab analysis with photographic evidence
Indoor versus outdoor comparison built into the report
Remediation guidance you can hand to a contractor
Direct phone access to the analyst behind your report

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We will help you decide which samples are worth running and what the report will tell you before you book.

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